Gautama Buddha Quotes About Joy

• Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

  Gautama Buddha

  Heart, Helping Others, Joy

• What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind. If a man speaks or acts with an impure mind, suffering will follow him as the wheel of the cart follows the beast that draws the cart. If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind, joy follows him as his own shadow.

  Gautama Buddha

  Men, Yesterday, Meditation

• Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.

  Gautama Buddha

  Life, Attitude, Thinking

• There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger of heart, And no joy like the joy of freedom. Health, contentment and trust Are your greatest possessions, And freedom your greatest joy. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way.

  Gautama Buddha

  Sweet, Buddhist, Heart

• There is no fire like passion
  No crime like hatred,
  No sorrow like separation,
  No sickness like hunger,
  And no joy like the joy of freedom.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Wise, Buddhist

• You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.

  Gautama Buddha

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

• We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Selfless Giving

• We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Leadership, Uplifting

• Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.

  Gautama Buddha

  Expression, Generosity, Giving

• The gift of the Truth beats all other gifts. The flavour of the Truth beats all other tastes. The joy of the Truth beats all other joys, and the cessation of desire conquers all suffering

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Truth, Joy

• Live in Joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace, Even among the troubled. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way.

  Gautama Buddha

  Sweet, Buddhist, Hate

• Be quick to do good. If you are slow, The mind, delighting in mischief, Will catch you. Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you. Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, And you will be filled with joy. A fool is happy Until his mischief turns against him. And a good man may suffer Until his goodness flowers. Do not make light of your failings, Saying, 'What are they to me?' A jug fills drop by drop.

  Gautama Buddha

  Flower, Heart, Men

• Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with joy.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Regret, Joy

  Gautama Buddha (2016). “Zen Dogs”, p.62, Mango Media Inc.

• How will you become free? With a quiet mind Come into that empty house, your heart, And feel the joy of the way Beyond the world. Look within - The rising and the falling.

  Gautama Buddha

  Fall, Heart, House

• Don't indulge in careless behaviour. Don't be the friend of sensual pleasures. He who meditates attentively attains abundant joy.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Indulge In, Joy

• All of you knowing now, Tthat the Buddhas, the Teachers of the Ages, In accord with what is peculiarly appropriate, have recourse to expedient devices, Need have no more doubts or uncertainties. Your hearts shall give rise to great joy, Since you know that you yourselves Shall become Buddhas.

  Gautama Buddha

  Teacher, Buddhist, Heart

• Let us live in joy, never falling sick like those who hate us. Let us live in freedom, without hatred even among those who hate.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Hate, Fall

• When you have great joy, you will become Buddhas!

  Gautama Buddha

  Happiness, Buddhist, Joy

• May everyone be happy and safe, and may their hearts be filled with joy.

  Gautama Buddha

  Happiness, Heart, Joy

• No clouds gathered in the skies and the polluted streams became clear, whilst celestial music rang through the air and the angels rejoiced with gladness. With no selfish or partial joy but for the sake of the law they rejoiced, for creation engulfed in the ocean of pain was now to obtain release.

  Gautama Buddha

  Pain, Selfish, Ocean

• Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy.

  Gautama Buddha

  Joy, Serenity, Drink

• Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy.

  Gautama Buddha

  Joy, Contentment, Inspirational Buddhist

• Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way.

  Gautama Buddha

  Generosity, Hatred, Joy

• Once you know the nature of anger and joy is empty and you let them go, you free yourself from karma.

  Gautama Buddha

  Karma, Joy, Free Yourself

• Our problems are not solved by physical force, by hatred, by warOur problems are solved by loving kindness by gentleness, by joy

  Gautama Buddha

  Kindness, Hatred, Joy

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