Gautama Buddha Quotes About Mindfulness

• Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all beings, and loving-kindness towards all the world. One should cultivate an unbounded mind, above and below and across, without obstruction, without enmity, without rivalry. Standing, or going, or seated, or lying down, as long as one is free from drowsiness, one should practice this mindfulness. This, they say, is the holy state here.

  Gautama Buddha

  Mother, Buddhist, Kindness

• Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

• There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge, to a happy life here and now, and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening. And what is that one thing? It is mindfulness centred on the body

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  Spiritual, Happy Life, Vision

• As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.

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  Inspirational, Life, Travel

• If you know something hurtful and not true, don't say it. If you know something hurtful and true, don't say it. If you know something helpful but not true, don't say it. If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it.

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  Hurtful, Mindfulness, Helpful

• The discipline which I have imparted to you will lead you when I am gone. Practice mindfulness diligently, to attain the goal of awakening.

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  Buddhist, Practice, Discipline

• Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others

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  Inspirational, Buddhist, Kindness

• To awaken, sit calmly, letting each breath clear your mind and open your heart.

  Gautama Buddha

  Spiritual, Heart, Mind

• Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply at life as it is. In the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom. We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it? The sage calls a person who knows how to dwell in mindfulness night and day, 'one who knows the better way to live alone.'

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  Buddhist, Past, Night

• Our own worst enemy cannot harm us as much as our unwise thoughts. No one can help us as much as our own compassionate thoughts.

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  Life, Worst Enemy, Mindfulness

• Of all footprints, that of the elephant is supreme. Similarly, of all mindfulness meditations, that on death is supreme.

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  Death, Buddhist, Elephants

• Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.

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  Motivational, Buddhist, Military

• 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.

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  Wisdom, Yoga, Ignorance

• We are what we think.

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  Motivational, Thinking, Addiction

  Gautama Buddha (2016). “Zen Dogs”, p.4, Mango Media Inc.

• Wish I am free from barriers when I die, and Buddha will welcome me from far away.

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  Faith, Determination, Wish

• When things are going well, be mindful of adversityWhen prosperous, be mindful of povertyWhen loved, be mindful of thoughtfulnessWhen respected, be mindful of humility

  Gautama Buddha

  Humility, Mindfulness, Wells

• Awakening is natural,delusion is not

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  Mindfulness, Awakening, Natural

• 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

• When I was a young man, near the beginning of my life, I looked around with true mindfulness and saw that all things are subject to decay.

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  Buddhist, Men, Mindfulness

• How does one practice mindfulness? Sit in meditation. Be aware of only your breath.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Practice, Meditation

• Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness and self-possession, to the winning of knowledge and insight, to pleasant living in this very life, to the realization of the fruit of release by knowledge. What is that one thing: It is mindfulness centered on the body.

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  Philosophy, Winning, Self

• Mindfulness of the body leads to nirvana.

  Gautama Buddha

  Mindfulness, Body

• So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that ancient path, that ancient road? It is just this Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.

  Gautama Buddha

  Past, Views, Effort

• This Ariyan Eightfold Path, that is to say: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.

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  Views, Living Right, Effort

• Concentrate the mind on the present moment.

  Gautama Buddha

  Life, Buddhist, Buddhism

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