Teachings & Sayings
Great Sayings of The Buddha
A generous heart is good for the right sort of people.
A man is not to be considered a good man just
because he is an able talker.
Be greatly aware of the present.
Right focus brings about reality.
Thought-habits can harden into character.
So watch your thoughts.
Right conduct is to form a proper
livelihood to prosper by.
The way is not in the sky. The way is
in the heart.
Avoid aiming at the ruin of others.
Both frivolous talk and covetousness
may be unwholesome.
Death is not to be feared so much by
one who has lived wisely.
One should refrain from intoxicating
drinks and drugs.
The prudent man ministers to the
chaste and virtuous.
Lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know
well what leads you forward and what hold you
back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
Avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless
it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense.
Make proper use of it.
On life's journey [certain] deeds are a shelter.
To abstain from lying is essentially wholesome.
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for
awakening. Treat it with care.
Conquer a liar with truth.
Few are the people who make it to heaven unaided.
BETTER than a thousand hollow words is one
word that brings peace.
To keep the body in good health is a good task.
Otherwise we shall not be able to keep our
mind strong and clear.
Right understanding is great.
An idea that is developed and put into action
is more important than an idea that exists
only as an idea.
We have to understand well to think well.
Untarnished virtues may be conductive to contemplation.
Whose body is calmed, experiences ease more easily.
YOU yourself, as much as anybody in the
entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Happiness can be the outcome of doing good.
Go from freedom from oppression to welfare.
He who envies others does not obtain
full peace of mind.
Find your own light.
Insight relates to inner purity.
Let go of mere opinions.
Know well what leads you forward and what
hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
One should learn to watch and examine carefully.
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
Men cannot live at all without a spiritual life foundation.
One had better refrain from incorrect speech.
The words we utter should be chosen with care,
for people will hear them and be influenced
by them for good or ill.
To the one who endures, the final victory comes.
The enlightened express their approval for giving.
Sorrow, lamentations and sufferings tend to repel most others.
A very able man directs the unruly thoughts properly.
To abstain from harsh language can be very wholesome.
Wise persons are diligent persons.
You should free yourself from sufferings
while there is time left.
One had better refrain from sexual misconduct.
One had better refrain from what leads to
great carelessness.
What is given to a virtuous person could bear great fruit.
There are beings whose eyes are only a little
covered with dust: they may come to understand the truth.
You can make known the Truth by helping in setting
it forth - and making it your own.
Sayings of Jesus
"Everyone who seeks should continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will be troubled at the
contemplation of Truth, but when he has passed through the time of trouble, he will be astonished at
the brightness of the Light, for the Way of Truth is the Pathway to the Eternal Godhead, and the price
of the beatific vision is the wringing of the soul. The person who desires to rise above all things
must descend below all things, for the way to the heights passes through the depths of anguish, which
generate the fires of Life. The person who has suffered and found Life is blessed."
"If you say that the abode of the Gods is in the sky, the birds will arrive there before you. If you
say it is in the sea, the fish will arrive there before you. Know that the heavenly realm is both
inside you and outside you, and you will know that which is outside by that which is inside. When
you have found the Light within yourselves, you will know as you are known. Then you will know that
you are the children of the Living Parents and that your destiny is to be as they are. The person
who knows not himself, is poor in Spirit, for he is his own poverty."
"Unless you become like little children, you cannot know the meaning of Life, for your minds must
be cleared of the falsehoods of this realm if you are to be taught Eternal Truth."
"I am the door; the person who enters by me will find Eternal bliss. I am the bed; the person
who lies on me will enter perpetual rest. I am the Light; the person who sees by me will view
all things."
"The Way of the Prophets is a trail of tears. I have commissioned you to be prophets to this
generation. Consequently, they will ridicule and revile you, saying all kinds of bad things
about you. What? Don't you know that they have always rejected the prophets whom I have sent
among them? Yes, I tell you the truth when I say that even those who follow the prophets do
not understand them, for they speak of the things of the Spirit, which cannot be apprehended
by the physical mind. The prophet is alone with the Eloheim, for of all mortals, it is he
who sees the reality which he cannot convey to his people. Lonely is the Way of the prophet,
but if he brings one soul one step closer to Light, all his loneliness and grief is justified,
for great will be his joy in the heavenly realm, and he will become a great company at the
seat of the Highest."
"Many of you think that I have come to establish peace in the physical realm. I will not
bring peace, but dissension, fire, sword, and war. Families will be divided because of me;
friends will stop associating with one another, nations will join in battle. Yes, those who
would follow me must be willing to forsake everything, and to stand alone, if they would
inherit the realm of my Parents."
"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; the Way, because you must walk in my footsteps
to reach the seat of the Eternal; the Truth, because I am the Eternal God, the Totality
of All That Is; the Life, because the Tree of Life, grounded in the Earthly Mother and
ascending to the Heavenly Father, is nourished in my blood."
"Learn the meaning of the creation which surrounds you, and you will perceive the mysteries
hidden from your sight, for Eternal Truth is recorded on all that exists. I tell you the
truth when I say that there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed to the person
who can read the creation of the Eloheim."
