The Thinking Buddha
Introspective Buddha
“A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.”
– Buddha
All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil-thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.
– Buddha
All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with pure thoughts, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
– Buddha
As rain does not break through a well-thatched house, passion will not break through a well-reflecting mind.
– Buddha
Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings – that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
– Buddha
The mind is everything. What you think, you become.
-Siddhartha Gautama
“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”
– Buddha
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
– Buddha