Gautama Buddha Quotes About Desire

• What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

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  Lying, Roots, Evil

• Surely if living creatures saw the results of all their evil deeds, they would turn away from them in disgust. But selfhood blinds them, and they cling to their obnoxious desires. They crave pleasure for themselves and they cause pain to others; when death destroys their individuality, they find no peace; their thirst for existence abides and their selfhood reappears in new births. Thus they continue to move in the coil and can find no escape from the hell of their own making.

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  Karma, Pain, Moving

• If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from tree to tree, Never finding the fruit - From life to life, Never finding peace. If you are filled with desire Your sorrows swell Like the grass after the rain. But if you subdue desire Your sorrows shall fall from you Like drops of water from a lotus flower.

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  Rain, Flower, Fall

• I am, I am not, I will be, I will not be are vein thoughts which is a sickness and once all are eliminated no desire arises.

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  Desire, Veins, Sickness

• The world is full of suffering. Birth is suffering, decre- pitude is suffering, sickness and death are sufferings. To face a man of hatred is suffering, to be separated from a beloved one is suffering, to be vainly struggling to satisfy one's needs is suffering. In fact, life that is not free from desire and passion is always involved with suffering.

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  Struggle, Passion, Men

• But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.

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  Buddhist, Justice, Water

• Men are tied up to their families and possessions more helplessly than in a prison. There is an occasion for the prisoner to be released, but householders entertain no desire to be relieved from the ties of family. When a man's passion is aroused nothing prevents him from ruining himself. Even into the jaws of a tiger will he jump. Those who are thus drowned in the filth of passion are called the ignorant. Those who are able to overcome it are saintly Arhats.

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  Passion, Men, Ties

• Those who act with few desires are calm, without worry or fear.

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  Fear, Worry, Desire

• 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

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  Buddhist, Truth, Joy

• Live joyfully, without desire.

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  Desire

• One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter.

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  Vegetarianism, Desire, Finding Happiness

• The end of desire is the end of sorrow.

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  Sorrow, Desire, Ends

• The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises and passes away.' When you see this, you are above sorrow. This is the shining way.

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  Shining, Meditation, Sorrow

• Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labors are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted. It is like unto burning an incense stick. However much its pleasing odor be admired, the fire that consumes is steadily burning up the stick.

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  Selfish, Fire, Years

• When one is overcome by this wretched, clinging desire in the world, one's sorrows increase like grass growing up after a lot of rain.

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  Buddhist, Growing Up, Rain

• Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful. He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.

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  Faith, Buddhist, Cutting

• The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change of temper.

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  Change, Wise, Buddhist

• Cut down the forest, not just a tree. Out of the forest of desire springs danger. By cutting down both the forest of desire and the brushwood of longing, be rid of the forest, bhikkhus.

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  Buddhist, Spring, Cutting

• When a man is stimulated by his own thoughts, full of desire and dwelling on what is attractive, his craving increases even more. He is making the fetter even stronger. But he who takes pleasure in stilling his thoughts, practising the contemplation of what is repulsive, and remaining recollected, now he will make an end of craving, he will snap the bonds of Mara. His aim is accomplished, he is without fear, rid of craving and without stain. He has removed the arrows of changing existence. This is his last body.

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  Buddhist, Men, Dwelling

• In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.

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  Buddhist, Rain, House

• One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was my doing. They should accept my authority in all matters great or small." This is a fool's way of thinking. His self-seeking and conceit just increase.

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  Buddhist, Humility, Pride

• Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will for seven days appear to you in their benign and peaceful aspect. Their light will shine upon you, ... Wonderful and delightful though they are, The Buddhas may nevertheless frighten you. Do not give in to your fright! Do not run away! Serenely contemplate the spectacle before you! Overcome your fear, and feel no desire! Realize that these are the rays of the grace of the Buddhas, who come to receive you into their Buddha-realms. Pray to them with intense faith and humility.

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  Running, Book, Humility

• When we free ourselves of desire, we will know serenity and freedom.

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  Serenity, Contentment, Desire

• Sit Rest Work. Alone with yourself, Never weary. On the edge of the forest Live joyfully, Without desire.

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  Desire, Forests, Weary

• Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires.

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  Buddhist, Feelings, Desire

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