Published 22:45 IST, May 6th 2020

Gautam Buddha quotes on life to share with your loved ones this Buddha Purnima 2020

Gautam Buddha quotes on life which you can share with your friends and family this Buddha Purnima to commemorate the contribution of the legend. Read below

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Also popularly kwn as Siddhattha Gotama, Gautam Buddha was a philosopher, mendicant, meditator, spiritual teacher, and religious leader who was also founder of Buddhism. refore, Buddhists all across globe celebrate Buddha Purnima every year to commemorate contribution of Gautam Buddha towards society and spiritualism. 

According to  Hindu calendar, full moon of  Vaishakh month is celebrated as Buddha Purnima. According to Gregorian calendar, it usually falls in month of April or May every year. However, this time around, Buddha Purnima will be celebrated on May 7, 2020.

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Buddha Purnima holds a special significance in Hinduism as Lord Buddha was born on full moon day of  Vaishakh month and he is also considered to be ninth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He led world towards a spiritual path that included ethical training and meditative practices and also critiqued several practices of Brahmin priests, such as animal sacrifice. refore, on auspicious day of his birth anniversary, here are some quotes by Gautam Buddha himself to pay hom to legend:

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Gautam Buddha quotes on life to send your loved ones on Buddha Purnima

  • Do t dwell in past, do t dream of future, concentrate mind on present moment.

  • Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

  • secret of health for both mind and body is t to mourn for past, r to worry about future, but to live present moment wisely and earnestly.

  • Be where you are; orwise, you will miss your life.

  • It is better to travel well than to arrive.

  • What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do w.

  • one saves us but ourselves. one can and one may. We ourselves must walk path.

  • A man is t called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless n he is in truth called wise.

  • Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

  • Purity or impurity depends on oneself, one can purify ar.

  • Peace comes from within. Do t seek it without.

  • 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 se things are evil. And what is root of evil? Desire is root of evil, illusion is root of evil.

  • To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in past is to carry raft on your back after you have crossed river.

  • Stop, stop. Do t speak. ultimate truth is t even to think.

  • If you find one to support you on spiritual path, walk alone.

  • one in whom longer exist craving and thirst that perpetuate becoming; how could you track that Awakened one, trackless, and of limitless range.

  • When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at sky.

  • foot feels foot when it feels ground.

  • Endurance is one of most difficult disciplines, but it is to one who endures that final victory comes.

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22:45 IST, May 6th 2020