Buddhism Quotes

Rebirth

Some are reborn as human beings, the wicked are reborn in the hell, the righteous are reborn in heaven, and those free from defilements pass away into Nibbana

Annica

All conditioned things are impermanent. When one sees this wisdom, one turns away from suffering

The three poisons

There are three roots of the unwholesome: greed, hatred and delusion; and there are three roots of the wholesome: non - greed, non hatred and non delusion

Dependant Arising

When this, that is; the arising, that arises; when this is not, that is not; this ceasing, that ceases

The four noble truths - suffering

And what is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, death is suffering; sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering; not to obtain what one wants is sufferin

The four noble truths - the eightfold path

Now this, is the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering: it is this noble eightfold path