Gautama Buddha Quotes About Ignorance

• A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise - that is what one really calls a fool.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wise, Buddhist, Ignorance

• The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Pain, Inspiration

• The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure.

  Gautama Buddha

  Ignorance, Free Yourself, Inspirational Buddhist

• Understand the suffering of worldly existence.
  Abandon its causes of ignorance and selfishness.
  Practice the path of meditation and compassion.
  Awaken from suffering within Great Peace.

  Gautama Buddha

  Ignorance, Compassion, Practice

• May I hold myself in compassion.
  May I meet the suffering and ignorance of others with compassion.

  Gautama Buddha

  Ignorance, Compassion, Suffering

• In his ignorance of the whole truth, each person maintains his own arrogant point of view.

  Gautama Buddha

  Ignorance, Views, Arrogant

• In compassion lies the world's true strength.

  Gautama Buddha

  Peace, Strong, Lying

• Seeing the Way is like going into a dark room with a torch; the darkness instantly departs, while the light alone remains. When the Way is attained and the truth is seen, ignorance vanishes and enlightenment abides forever.

  Gautama Buddha

  Ignorance, Dark, Light

• Monks, when ignorance is abandoned, and knowledge arises in the monk, with the ending of ignorance and the arising of knowledge he clings neither to sense-pleasures, nor does he cling to views, nor to precepts and vows, nor to a Self-doctrine. Not clinking, he is not disturbed; not disturbed, he attains individually nibbana.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Ignorance, Attachment

• I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful thing. But now, housebuilder, I have found you out. You will not build me a house again. All your rafters are broken, your ridge-pole shattered. My mind is free from active thought, and has made an end of craving.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Pain, Ignorance

• An ignorant man ages like an ox. His flesh may increase, but not his understanding.

  Gautama Buddha

  Ignorance, Men, Understanding

• Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wisdom, Yoga, Ignorance

• The darkest night is ignorance.

  Gautama Buddha

  Ignorance, Night

• It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Pain, Ignorance

• Whatsoever misfortunes there are Here in this world or in the next, They all have their root in Ignorance And in the accumulation of Longing and Desire.

  Gautama Buddha

  Ignorance, Roots, Desire

• Wisdom makes light the darkness of ignorance.

  Gautama Buddha

  Ignorance, Light, Darkness

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