Buddhism 360

C onstantly, day and night, to recollect, to reflect on and to contemplate on the wholesome dharmas so as to cause the wholesome dharmas to increase from thought-moment to thoughtmoment, without allowing the least unwholesome thought to mingle in.

quote 7872 | The Discourse on the Ten Wholesome Ways of Action
Translated by Saddhaloka Bhikkhu. See original Chinese

I f one sincerely, diligently and unceasingly seeks the Way, one will be able to reach one’s destination. What vow is there which cannot be fulfilled?

quote 7873 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki. See original Chinese

S trong-willed and diligent, their determination never falters. Thus they become lamps to the world and fields of supreme merit; they always become teachers and harbor no thought of discrimination, aversion, or attachment.

quote 7874 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki. See original Chinese

A ll should seek emancipation, cut the roots of samsara and its various evils, and so aspire to esc ape from the paths of immeasurable sorrow, fear and pain in the three evil realms.

quote 7875 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki. See original Chinese

T hough one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle, yet he indeed is the noblest victor who conquers himself.

quote 7876 | The Dhammapada
v.103, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita. See original Chinese

I f you collect your thoughts, your mind will be concentrated. If your mind is concentrated, you can know the arising and ceasing of all dharma’s appearances. All of you should constantly and vigorously cultivate concentration.

quote 7877 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

I f you attain concentration your mind will not be scattered. It is like a household that uses its water sparingly and is able to regulate its irrigation ditches. One who cultivates concentration is also the same way; for the sake of the water of wisdom he cultivates dhyana concentration, so it doesn’t leak away.

quote 7878 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

W ith respect to merit, you should always be single-minded. Relinquish laziness as you would avoid a hateful thief.

quote 7879 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

T hose who allow their minds to wander freely lose the goodness that people do. By restraining it in one place there is no affair which cannot be completed.

quote 7880 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

T he wise ones, ever meditative and steadfastly persevering, alone experience Nibbana, the incomparable freedom from bondage.

quote 7881 | The Dhammapada
v.23, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita. See original Chinese

B etter it is to live one day wise and meditative than to live a hundred years foolish and uncontrolled.

quote 7882 | The Dhammapada
v.111, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita. See original Chinese

W isdom never becomes perfect in one whose mind is not steadfast, who knows not the Good Teaching and whose faith wavers.

quote 7883 | The Dhammapada
v.38, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita. See original Chinese

C alm is his thought, calm his speech, and calm his deed, who, truly knowing, is wholly freed, perfectly tranquil and wise.

quote 7884 | The Dhammapada
v.96, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita. See original Chinese

D estroy the darkness of delusion with the brightness of wisdom.

quote 7885 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

B odhisattvas apply themselves and deeply appreciate study and erudition, constantly striving to expand their wisdom and refine their eloquence. Nothing brings them greater joy than teaching and transforming living beings.

quote 7886 | The Eight Great Awakenings Sutra
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

O ne with wisdom rides in a secure boat for crossing over the ocean of birth, old age, sickness, and death.

quote 7887 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

F or this reason all of you should increasingly benefit yourselves by learning, considering, and cultivating wisdom.

quote 7888 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

T hose who see the Way are like someone holding a torch who enters a dark room, dispelling the darkness so that only light remains. When you study the Way and see the truth, ignorance vanishes and light remains forever.

quote 7889 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

A ccordingly, extract one organ, free it from adhesion, and subdue it at its inner core. Once subdued, it will return to primal truth and radiate its innate brilliance. When that brilliance shines forth, the remaining five adhesions will b e f re e d to accomplish total liberation.

quote 7890 | The Surangama Sutra
Book 4, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

H e dwelt in the realization that all dharmas are empty, devoid of distinctive features, and not to be sought after, and that they neither act nor arise; he thus realized that all dharmas are like magical creations.

quote 7891 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki. See original Chinese

T hey have completed the bodhisattva’s course of Paramitas and practiced the samadhis of emptiness, non-form and non-desire, the samadhi of non-arising and non-ceasing and many other samadhis; they have gone far beyond the stages of sravakas and pratyekabuddhas.

quote 7892 | The Sutra of Immeasurable Life
Translated by Hisao Inagaki. See original Chinese

R ealizing that this body is like froth, penetrating its mirage-like nature, and plucking out Mara’s flower-tipped arrows of sensuality, go beyond sight of the King of Death!

quote 7893 | The Dhammapada
v.46, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita. See original Chinese

A lways examine yourselves, and do not allow yourselves to have faults, this way you can gain liberation within my Dharma.

quote 7894 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

Y ou should know therefore, that everything in the world is impermanent. Meetings necessarily have separations, so do not harbor grief.

quote 7895 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

Y ou should be mindful of the four elements within the body. Though each has a name, none of them is the self. Since they are not the self, they are like an illusion.

quote 7896 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. See original Chinese

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