I leave you a list of Buddhist proverbs that you can use to reflect, meditate, share and dedicate to your loved ones. These proverbs have their origin in the religion of Asian origin based on the teachings of Buddha Gautama.
Buddhism has spread widely throughout the world and is characterized by promoting values such as humility, simplicity, peace, kindness, awareness, enlightenment, and learning. You may also be interested in these Chinese proverbs.
-If we go in the right direction, all we have to do is keep walking.
-He who is provided with patience and love, is always lucky, honest and happy.
-Wise man who has obtained wealth, usually helps his relatives.
-Man must hasten to put his doctrine into practice.
-A fool, guided by his own stupidity, is often scorched by his own anger.
-When evil bears fruit, the fool will experience suffering.
-He who is attentive and has a focused mind, will be able to achieve maximum joy.
-When you study well and observe morality in this world, all kinds of riches arrive.
-No snowflake falls in the wrong place.
-Happiness is the result of accumulating good actions.
-With kindness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. And with the truth, overcome the lie.
-By worrying about a single leaf you won't be able to see the whole tree.
-The mind is always consumed by its own confusion. Refrain from associating yourself with their avid influences.
-One should speak only when their words do not cause regret or hurt others.
-A well directed mind makes a man better than his parents or his relatives can.
-A misdirected mind causes destruction worse than a thief or an enemy can do to each other.
-Only when you can be extremely flexible and soft, you can also be extremely hard and strong.
-The suffering of the present life and the next is based on ignorance, and is framed by desire and greed.
-One reaps what one has sown. Those who do good will receive good in their life, and those who do evil will receive bad in their life.
-When we contemplate death, we must realize that it is certain.
-Patience eradicates all evils. He who dresses in patience uproots unpleasant origins such as guilt and disagreements.
-Just as bamboo is consumed by its own fruit, the mean person is ruined by hatred, greed and illusion born of his own base mind.
-Just as man can blow on embers to produce a flame, a man of wisdom and discernment can produce money through a small investment.
-Just as it is certain that one who clings to a piece of wood in the ocean drowns, a sumptuous but lazy person is condemned to misery.
-Hundred years of the life of an ignorant and indecisive person is not worth even one day of the wise man whose mind is concentrated.
-When an ordinary man reaches knowledge, he is a sage; when a wise man reaches understanding, he is an ordinary man.
-The passions are exacerbated in haughty and careless people who ignore what should be done first and get down to work with what should be done later.
-Just as the leaf is impregnated with the smell of rotten when it wraps a rotten fish, a person loses its grace when he becomes friends with the evil person.
-Gifted with morality, wisdom and learning, a man usually behaves for the welfare of others and for his own.
-To follow the path of the master, observe the master, follow the master, walk with the master, go through the master, and become the master.
-Those without education, like an old bull, gradually fade away. His flesh grows, but not his wisdom.
-The evil, like the fresh milk obtained that day, does not undergo changes. Its scorching consequence, however, follows the wrongdoer like an ash-covered fire.
-It may be that an immoral person does not have a miserable existence, if when being instructed he follows the law of rectitude.
-The present happiness is the result of charity and other merits previously realized. This can be seen in a tree that produces its fruit after watering its roots.
-Not only the man can be called "wise", but also the woman endowed with wisdom.
-The patient person benefits both others and himself. She also walks the path that leads to heaven and to the extinction of her passions.
-A sinner who has become aware of his evil deeds, has to experience repentance both in this life and in the next.
-In those who do not harbor thoughts like "he insulted me, he hurt me, he defeated me or he stole from me", the hatred ceases.
-Just as when the moon emerges from the clouds and shines so radiantly, so does a person who by doing good leaves his past evils behind.
-Those wise men who practice the virtue of non-violence, and who always enjoy self-control, will reach the eternal state in which they will be rid of all sadness.
-Just as a mountain of solid rock remains impassive after the storm, the wise man remains unmoved after praise and blame.
-Behave as you instruct others to behave. Train yourself first before training others, as it is difficult to govern yourself.
- "Too cold, too hot, too late", can always be the excuses of those who do not want to work. They let their opportunities pass.
-Just as the shepherd takes his cattle to the pasture with a cane, also advanced age and death take life out of man.
-Wisdom, say intelligent people, is the best, like the moon among the stars. Discipline, glory, and other virtuous natures follow the wise man.
-The fool will have to suffer from his thoughtless management, since he hurries when he must calm down and calms down when it is time to hurry.
-You cannot expect people to give you their due respect when you are in a place where neither your birth condition nor your qualifications are yet recognized.
-He who is wise, sensitive, has a clear understanding, and is smart, can suddenly free himself from suffering. Do not be afraid. Return.
-Fearing and hating suffering, you should not do evil, neither in open spaces nor in secret places.
-He who is not happy with his own wife, maintains intimate relations with prostitutes and goes to the wives of others, is destined for destruction.
-The fool and infamous will be tormented later, as if he is being burned by the fruit of his evil deeds.
-It is a cause of ruin to be proud of our condition of birth, wealth and name, and at the same time to hate our own family.
-Just as rain drips through the roof of the thatched house, greed seeps through the poorly trained mind.
-Let yourself go on the precipice, die completely and then come back to life; after that you can't be fooled again.
-Realizing that perfect happiness can be obtained by sacrificing an inferior happiness, the wise man must abandon it for the sake of that which is perfect.
-By gaining power, a fool usually corrupts himself, and therefore hurts both himself and others through his actions.
-Human sensory organs can be useful or useless. The uncontrolled ones are useless, while the controlled ones are useful.
-It is not about approving something or that we like it, but simply allowing the world to be the way it is without resenting it, without hating it and without judging it.
-Those who are dishonest, rough, prone to babbling, deceptive, insolent, and lacking self-control will not be able to make any progress.
-Calm are the body and mind of one whose concentration on the breaths is absolute and is well cultivated.
-Anger has sweet leaves that sprout from poisoned roots. Blessed by the wise is he who, having killed that anger, never has to repent.
-Good health is simply the slowest way in which a human being can die.
-Great is the power of the moon, the sun, the hermit and the seashore. But greater is the power of a woman.
-He who is easily frightened by sounds, such as deer, is called "light-minded." Your ascetic observation is subject to failure.
-The virtuous, like the Himalayas, are distinguished from afar, while the petty, like an arrow launched in the dark of night, always disappear.
-Those who out of piety and purity of mind distribute rice will have rice in this world as well as in the next.
-Learning Zen philosophy is a phenomenon comparable to gold and excrement. Before you learn it, it is like gold; and after learning it, it is like excrement.
-A wise man can manage his life even if he lacks wealth. But if wisdom is lacking, no fool can stand firm.
-Those who seek their happiness by hurting or inflicting pain on others are inextricably involved with hatred. They cannot get rid of it.
-The villain's ingenuity is due to his own destruction. It corrupts their brain and kills their virtuous nature.
Sayings attributed to Buddhists
-Life is an adventure. Time is a river. The door is ajar. -Jim Butcher.
-Wherever you are, remain present in your totality. -Eckhart Tolle.
-If you want to change the world, start with the next person in need who comes to you. -BD Schiers.
-When you are present, you allow the mind to be without becoming entangled in it. -Eckhart Tolle.
Throughout life, you can never be sure that you will live long enough to breathe one more time. -Huang Po.
-Consciousness is the greatest agent of change. -Eckhart Tolle.
-The intuitive recognition of the moment, and therefore of reality, is the noblest act of wisdom. -DT Suzuki.
-Nothing divides one more than thought. -RH Blyth.
-It is easy to believe that each one of us is waves, and we forget that we are also the ocean. -Jon J. Muth.
-Walk as if you were kissing the ground with your feet. -Thich Nhat Hahn.
-Accepting an idea without experiencing it is like painting a cake on paper that you cannot eat. -Suzuki Roshi.
-Don't look for the truth, just stop hoarding your opinions. -Seng-ts'an.
-Everything is in search of the truth, but little fears do not allow it. -Osho.
-For things to be revealed to us, we must be ready to abandon our perspectives on them. -Thich Nhat Hanh.
-Guilt, regret, resentment, sadness and all the forms that denote unforgiveness are caused by too much past and not enough present. -Eckhart Tolle.