Buddha’s spiritual quotes from the Dhammapada
To know the life of Lord Buddha in its true form is to know suffering. But Buddha also discovered the path to liberation from suffering. The Four Noble Truths of Buddhist philosophy, which stand like pillars, are: life is suffering, the cause of suffering, liberation from suffering is possible, and the state of liberation from suffering is nirvana.
Here we have gathered, only for seekers, some precious words of Lord Buddha from the Dhammapada. But if you imbibe Buddha’s teachings, know his great scriptures and Buddha’s philosophy, then they become a boon for spiritual progress and peace.
Lord Buddha’s Precious Spiritual Words Quotes from the Dhammapada
1. Here, hatred is never quelled by hatred; it is quelled by non-hatred.
2. Vigilance is the path to immortality, but the negligent, even while living, are as good as dead.
3. An enemy causes only as much harm as an enemy can, but a mind set upon wrongdoing does far greater harm to itself. The good that even a mother, father, or kinsman cannot do, a mind set upon the right path does even more.
4. One who regards a person pointing out one’s faults as one who reveals hidden treasure in the earth, and regards one who speaks of restraint as a wise scholar — for such a person, that is auspicious, not inauspicious.
5. The wise one is he who is not disturbed by either criticism or praise.
6. One who does not seek their own progress through unrighteousness is wise, virtuous, and righteous.
7. Far more worthy than a thousand meaningless verses is a single meaningful verse, which upon being imbibed leads one to peace.
8. Greater than one who conquers a thousand thousand men in battle is one who conquers oneself — that is the supreme victor.
9. Better than a hundred years of life lived by an immoral person, one lacking concentration of mind, who does not perceive nirvana and dharma, is a single day of life lived by a virtuous, meditative person who perceives nirvana and dharma.
10. The accumulation of sin is the cause of suffering, and the accumulation of merit is the cause of happiness.
11. Just as a pot fills drop by drop, so too does a person become sinful by accumulating sin little by little.
12. All fear punishment, all wish to remain alive; knowing this to be true of all as of oneself, one should neither kill nor incite killing.
13. A person is their own master, no other; one attains this mastery only by controlling oneself through wisdom.
14. Conquer anger with non-anger, conquer unkindness by becoming kind, conquer the miser through charity, and the liar through truth.
15. There is no fire like passion, no grip like hatred, no snare like delusion, no river like craving.
16. One does not become noble by causing violence to living beings; one is called noble by not causing violence to any living being.
17. One who seeks happiness for oneself by causing suffering to others, becoming entangled in enmity, cannot become free from enmity.
18. One who sees fault where there is none, and sees no fault where there is fault — such a person, holding false views, attains a lower state.
19. Those steadfast ones who are restrained in body, speech, and mind — they alone are truly restrained.
20. Fear arises from passion, desire, and craving; sorrow arises from them. One who is free from these has neither.
