We find enormous similarities in the words of two masters on vital issues such as Entitlement, Generosity, Enlightenment, Lifestyle, etc. This article compares Christ’s words found just in the New Testament, to the Buddha’s sayings.
Jesus Christ
planted powerful seeds of Christ Consciousness and spiritual awakening through his actions and words. Known as Yeshua, he lived a very short life, less than 35 years. His sayings and blessings, probably in Aramaic, were written down by his followers and assembled into the New Testament during the four centuries after his crucifixion. There are many versions of the New Testament in various languages such as Greek, Latin, Coptic and now in all languages. The earliest version is believed to be the 4th-Century Codex Sinaíticus in Greek. The New Testament contains several hundred favorite sayings of Yeshua, including “Do Unto Others” and “Do Not Judge”, which you will find below.
Gautama Buddha
lived in India about 500 years before Christ. Born to be a King, he refused that role in life, and instead devoted himself to teaching the Dharma Path of spiritual liberation to all people. Gautama Buddha was part of an ancient tradition of countless other “Buddhas”, meaning “Enlightened Being”, spanning thousands of years. He lived to the ripe old age of 80, and left a vast library of wisdom teachings effectively rebirthing a “religion” that’s not a religion, because it has no God. His monks chanted his words in the Pali language, and later transcribed them onto palm leaves creating the voluminous Pali Canon. Thousands of the Buddha’s authentic sermons were also transcribed into Tibetan in the Kangyur, which is currently being translated by a team of experts at 84000.co. Together, these vast volumes are far larger than the Christian Bible, and are believed to outline the secrets to Enlightenment.
Here their Kindred Sayings are divided the following 12 Chapters:
- They Came to Change the World
- Golden Rule
- Impermanence
- Food, Body, Clothes
- Entitlement, Privilege, Money
- Web of Consciousness, Karma
- Generosity
- True Power of Integrity and Virtue
- Seven Deadly Sins
- Discipline, Inner Strength, Tolerance
- Secret Teachings Enlightenment
- Last Days, Don’t Wait for Tomorrow
Codex Sinaíticus, 4th Century Manuscript of New Testament (Greek).
Words of the Buddha on Palm Leaves in Pali Language
Tibetan Kangyur Manuscripts
2. Golden Rule
“This is my commandment: love each other just as I have loved you. No one has greater love than to give up one’s life for one’s friends.” Yeshua
John 15:12-13, Common English Bible
“Even as a mother protects with her life her child, her only child, So with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings; Radiating kindness over the entire world: Spreading upwards to the skies, And downwards to the depths; Outwards and unbounded.” The Buddha
Sutta Nipata 1.8 Metta Sutta, tr. Amaravati Sangha
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” Yeshua
John 13:34-35
“It’s easy to see other people’s faults, difficult to see our own.
We love to pinpoint the faults of others, but hide our own flaws.
Like a poker face hides a bad hand.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 252
“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.”
Matthew 7:1
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” Yeshua
Matthew 7:3-5, New International Version
“Treat others as you want them to treat you.” Yeshua
Luke 6:31, Living Bible”
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” Yeshua
Matthew 7:12
“We all fear violence, We all fear death.
Treat others as you’d wish, Others treat you. Do not attack or entice harm.” The Buddha
Pali Canon, Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 129
“Love is a gateway to the light of the Dharma, for it surpasses all things created by merit based on material things.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, The Play in Full, 4.11, 84000.co
“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.” Yeshua
Luke 6:27-30
“If you ask what is ‘Great Loving Kindness’ it is an action in which the Tathagatas engage on behalf of all sentient beings, treating enemies and friends identically.
That is called ‘Great Loving Kindness’.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, ༄༅། །ཤེས་ཕྱིན་ཁྲི་པ། །, Dasasahasrika Prajñaparamita 2.7, Tr 84,000.co (Tathagata is an enlightened person, a Buddha)
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.” Yeshua
Matthew 5:38-40
“Cultivate an all-embracing mind of love for all throughout the universe, in all its height, depth and breadth — Love that is untroubled and beyond hatred or enmity. As you stand, walk, sit or lie, so long as you are awake, pursue this awareness with your might: It is deemed the Divine State here.” The Buddha
Karaniya Metta Sutta, The Hymn of Universal Love, translated from the Pali by Acharya Buddharakkhita, https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/khp/khp.9.budd.html
“Tell us, who are the spiritual teachers? Those who never relinquish loving kindness toward all beings.” The Buddha
The Kangyur | Discourses | General Sütra Section, The Questions of Brahmaviseşacintin, 1.101, 84000.co
“Hatred can never end through revenge
Hatred ends only by loving kindness.
This is the oldest Truth and Law of Nature.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada #5
“Those who give up slander, which constantly separates friends, and delight in appreciation – those beings go to the higher realms.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, The Shorter Data Sutra, 1.8, 84000.co
3. Impermanence
“One who understands this body is perishable like suds, who sees form as an illusion, can cut the flower-darts of desire, and be invisible to death.” The Buddha
Pali Canon, Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 46
“What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” Yeshua
Matthew 16:26
“Wealth is like a rushing river. A home is like a ferry boat. One’s body resembles a flower. Life itself is like a water bubble.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur | Discourses | General Sütra Section, The Four Factors, 1.10, 84000.co
“Do not follow after the past or hope for the future! What is past has ceased to exist; The future has not yet arrived.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur | Discourses | General Sütra Section, Auspicious Night, 1.10, 84000.co
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” Yeshua
Luke 21:33
“In the night the reflection of the moon appears on clear, undisturbed water, but it is empty of a moon and there is nothing to grasp. Know that all phenomena are like that.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur | Discourses | General Sütra Section, The King of Samadhis Sutra, 9.26, 84000.co
“All things are like foam, Essence less like water bubbles, Neither permanent nor having self. They are similar to magical illusions and mirages.” The Buddha
The Kangyur | Discourses | General Sütra Section, Questions on Selflessness, 1.33, 84000.co
4. Lifestyle, Food, Body, Clothes
“So my counsel is: Don’t worry about things—food, drink, and clothes. For you already have life and a body—and they are far more important than what to eat and wear. Look at the birds! They don’t worry about what to eat—they don’t need to sow or reap or store up food—for your heavenly Father feeds them.” Yeshua
Matthew 6:25-26
“A wise one doesn’t accumulate things, Having a higher destination of freedom, Taking food carefully, Traveling a road others can’t see. Like a bird’s tracks vanish into thin air.” The Buddha
Pali Canon, Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 92
“O foolish one! What is the use of wearing matted hair? What is the use of your wearing a garment made of antelope skin? In you, there is a forest (of moral defilements); you clean yourself only externally.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada 394
“Going nude with dreadlocks, fasting, sleeping on bare ground,
Smearing your face with mud or twisting the body like a pretzel, Can never purify you if you haven’t faced your own fears.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 141
“It’s better to eat a red-hot lump of burning metal than to live a life unrestrained in thought, word, and action, eating a monk’s sacred food donated by generous people.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 308
“Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.” Yeshua
Luke 11:37-41 New International Version
…”When bodhisattva great beings practice the perfection of wisdom, they are fully aware that when they inhale breath mindfully, they are inhaling breath mindfully. They are fully aware that when they exhale breath mindfully, they are exhaling breath mindfully. They are fully aware that when they inhale a long breath, they are inhaling a long breath, and that when they are exhaling a long breath, they are exhaling a long breath.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, The Perfection of Wisdom in Twenty-Five Thousand Lines, https://84000.co/translation/toh9#UT22084-026-001-1609
…“When bodhisattva great beings practice the perfection of wisdom, they discern that this same body is full of manifold impurities, from the soles of the feet upward, from the hairs [of the head] and the brain downward, and from the hairs of the body, the nails, and the skin inward.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, The Perfection of Wisdom in Twenty-Five Thousand Lines, https://84000.co/translation/toh9#UT22084-026-001-1609
“Accept hunger and thirst at times, And embrace pain and pleasure at other times. Avoid being exploited like a servant for the sake of wealth, And do not let yourself be controlled by anger.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, Verses of Naga King Drum, 1.66, 84000.co
“I abstain from the night-time meal. As I am abstaining from the night-time meal, I sense next-to-no illness, next-to-no affliction, lightness, strength, & a comfortable abiding. Come now. You too abstain from the night-time meal. As you are abstaining from the night-time meal, you, too, will sense next-to-no illness, next-to-no affliction, lightness, strength, & a comfortable abiding.” The Buddha
Kitagiri Sutta: At Kitagiri, MN 070, https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.070.than.html
“And how, friend, is one moderate in eating? In this a monk takes his food properly considering, not for sport, for intoxication, for adornment or beautification, but purely for the maintenance and nourishment of this body, for keeping it unharmed, as an aid to the practice of the holy life, thinking: ‘I shall put an end to the old feeling, and not produce any new feeling. Thus I shall keep going, incur no fault, and live at ease. That, friend, is how one is moderate in eating.” The Buddha
Sutta Nipatta 135.120, Sariputto Sutta: Sariputta, https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ati/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.120.wlsh.html
“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, anoint your head with oil and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Yeshua
The Blessed One said, “I said that meat that is unallowable for three reasons should not be eaten. What are the three? I said that meat that was actually seen by oneself to have been procured for oneself is unallowable meat and should not be eaten; meat about which one has heard from someone reliable, ‘This has been procured for you,’ is unallowable meat and should not be eaten; and meat, about which a conjecture such as ‘This may have been procured for me by some means’ comes to one’s mind, is unallowable meat and should not be eaten.
“Monks, I said meat that is allowable for three reasons can be eaten. What are the three? I said that meat that was not actually seen by oneself to have been procured for oneself is allowable meat and can be eaten; meat, about which one hears from someone reliable, ‘This was not procured for you,’ is allowable meat and can be eaten; and meat, about which a conjecture such as ‘This was procured for me by some means’ does not come to one’s mind, is allowable meat and can be eaten.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, Chapter on Medicines 10.25,
https://84000.co/translation/toh1-6#UT22084-001-006-6901
(To enter samadhi) “They must sever thoughts of lust, not partake of wine or meat, and eat cooked rather than raw foods. Ananda, if cultivators do not sever lust and killing, it will be impossible for them to transcend the triple realm.” The Buddha
The Sutra of the Foremost Shurangama at the Great Buddha’s Summit
https://sanmore.org/book2pdf/images/pagely8.pdf
5. Entitlement, Privilege, Money
“It’s easier for a camel to squeeze through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter God’s kingdom.” Yeshua
Common English Bible , Matthew 19:24
“The path to worldly success is one thing, the path to freedom is another. A follower of the Dharma Path should forget fame and riches, and cultivate solitude instead.” The Buddha
Pali Canon, Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 75
“Don’t store up treasures here on earth where they can erode away or may be stolen. Store them in heaven where they will never lose their value and are safe from thieves.” Yeshua
Matthew 6:19-20, Living Bible
It is the law of humanity that, though one acquires hundreds and thousands of worldly goods, one still falls into the power of the lord of death. The end of all that has been hoarded up is to be spent ; the end of what has been lifted up is to be cast down ; the end of meeting is separation ; the end of life is death. The Buddha
https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.283948/2015.283948.Udanavarga-From_djvu.txt, Udanavarga 21-22
“What is giving away material wealth? It is giving away whatever has been accumulated and benefiting others through material things.
“What is not hoarding? It is renouncing material wealth and seeing it as harmful to the maintenance of correct conduct. The Buddha
40.83, ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་གྱི་རྒྱལ་པོའི་མདོ།, The King of Samādhis Sūtra, Samādhirājasutra, https://84000.co/translation/toh127#UT22084-055-001-4548
“Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.” Yeshua
Luke 11:37-41 New International Version
“Not by birth is one an outcast; not by birth is one a brahman. By deed one becomes an outcast, by deed one becomes an brahman.” The Buddha
Vasala Sutta: Discourse on Outcasts, #27, https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.07.piya.html
Then Sundarika the brahmin went up to the Buddha, and said to him: “Sir, in what caste were you born?”
“Don’t ask about birth, ask about conduct.
For any wood can surely generate fire.
A steadfast sage, even though from a low class family,
is a thoroughbred checked by conscience.” The Buddha
Sundarika Sutta (SN 7.9):
King Pasenadi Kosala asks: “With regard to these four castes: …would there be any distinction or difference among them in that respect?”
“In the same way, great king, in the power that is kindled by persistence and generated by exertion, I say that there is no difference with regard to the release of one and the release of another.” The Buddha
(Release means passage to Nirvana)
Kannakatthala Sutta, https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.090.than.html
“Just as sand does not become food simply because a child says so when young children playing on a main road build sand pies and give them names, saying “This one is milk, this one is meat, and this one is curd,” so it is with the four classes [varṇās], as you, the Brahmin, describe them.” The Buddha
śārdūlakarṇāvadānam, https://suttacentral.net/divy33/san/vaidya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_caste
“No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” Yeshua
Luke 6:43-45, New International Version
“If one is keen to learn, learning will flourish.
With learning, wisdom flourishes.
With wisdom, the meaning of things becomes clearer,
And when one grasps the meaning of things, one reaches happiness.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva, 11.23, 84000
“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Yeshua
Galatians 7-8, Apostle Paul, Chapter 6 verse 7, tr. New International Version
“Just like a beautiful flower
Radiates color and scent,
Well-spoken words
Matched with wise actions,
Bring great benefit.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 52
The Blessed One responded,
“Monks, these two (men) themselves performed the actions—which have accrued a heap of karma, whose results have matured, which follow their course like an irrigation channel, which inevitably come to be—so who else will experience the actions they themselves have performed and accrued? Monks, actions which have been performed and accrued do not ripen upon the external elements. They do not ripen upon the element of water, upon the element of fire, nor upon the element of wind. Likewise, virtuous and nonvirtuous actions which have been performed and accrued come to fruition upon the aggregates, elements, and seats of the senses of the one who performed them, for:
“Actions never waste away,
Not even after one hundred eons.
When the time and the conditions are right, they alight upon embodied (living) beings.” The Buddha,
Tibetan Degé Kangyur 1, VinayavastuPravrajyāvastu 4.67
7. Generosity
“It is the motivation that is great, and not the gift. Giving a great gift, Säriputra, without the proper motivation, is simply crude. However many gifts one might give, one’s mind will not be purified.” The Buddha
The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisattva, 6.17, 84000.co
“But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.” Yeshua
Luke 11:41
“Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.” Yeshua
2 Corinthians 9:6
“Eliminating rigidity and aggression purifies generosity.
Making the mind more loving purifies discipline.
Strengthening one’s capacity for acceptance purifies patience.
When you desire buddha wisdom, diligence is developed.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, Excerpt from The Questions of Sāgaramati, 2.46, Sagara mati pariprccha, 84000.co
8. True Power of Integrity
“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:32
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” Yeshua
Proverbs 16:32
“With God, all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26
“One might defeat an army of thousands,
But the one who wins self-mastery
is by far the greatest hero.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 103
“Having abandoned the destruction of life, the recluse Gotama abstains from the destruction of life. He has laid aside the rod and the sword, and dwells conscientious, full of kindness, compassionate for the welfare of all living beings.” The Buddha
Digha Nikaya 1:1.8, Bhikkhu Bodhi
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.01.0.bodh.html
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “All who use the sword will die by the sword.” Yeshua
Matthew 26:52, New International Reader’s Version
Those who desire little will know happiness, And those who are content are the mighty and holy. Those with discipline are forever adorned, And those of weak discipline are the scorned.” The Buddha
The Debate Sutra, 1.16, 84000.co
“Therefore, whoever ignores one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do the same will be called the lowest in the kingdom of heaven.
But whoever keeps these commands and teaches people to keep them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Yeshua
Matthew 5:19, Common English Bible
“Whoever gives this sutra to others
Or recites just a single word,
For millions of eons he shall never stray
Either from its words or its meaning,
And thus attain limitless eloquence and virtue.”
Whoever hears this teaching and puts it into practice
Shall not only be an unsurpassable guide of humans,
But a being without equal,
Inexhaustible like the ocean.”
Tibetan Kangyur, ༄༅། །ཤེས་ཕྱིན་ཁྲི་པ། །
Daśasāhasrikāprajñāparamita 27.23 – 27.24
9. Seven Deadly Sins
“Out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.” Yeshua
MATTHEW 15.19-20
“Keeping the mind undistracted, Always remember that victorious one; Always develop the mind of loving kindness, And you will not experience fear.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, Dispelling the Darkness of the Ten Directions, 1.33, 84000.co
“A harsh word is the sharpest weapon, Attachment the deadliest poison. Hatred is the fiercest fire, And ignorance the blackest darkness.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, Delta Sutra, 1.4, 84000.co
“For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.” Yeshua
John 2:16-17
“Desire fetters this world, And the absence of desire releases it. If craving is completely abandoned, That which is called nirvāna is attained.” The Buddha
The Delta Sutra, 1.40, 84000.co
“Attachment, anger, and delusion: These are the three worldly poisons. The blessed Dharma is without poison; The Dharma truth conquers poison.” The Buddha
The Kangyur | Discourses | General Sütra Section, Šrīgupta Sūtra, 1.86, 84000.co
“With great wisdom I am the skillful doctor, A great healer of the wounds of disturbing emotions. For all those afflicted with disturbing emotions, I am the remover of pain.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, ༄༅། །ཤེས་ཕྱིན་ཁྲི་པ། །, Dasasahasrikaprajñaparamita 26.234, 84000.co
“Do not be afraid of karma and disturbing emotions.
Do not be afraid of the demon of wrong understanding.
For those who connect with this, there are no obstacles.
Just as you wish, you will manifest awakening.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, The Absorption of the Thus-Gone One’s Wisdom Seal, 1.62, Tathagata jnana mudra samadhi, 84000.co
“Gentlemen, so long as the continuum of disturbing emotions remains uninterrupted, you must spin like a waterwheel through the cycle of five migrations.” The Buddha
Tibetan Degé Kangyur 1, Vinayavastu Pravrajyāvastu 4.59, Scaring Away A Crow 4.1
Beat anger by loving kindness,
Beat wrongdoing by goodness,
Beat selfishness by generosity,
Beat a liar by speaking the truth.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 223
“Fear does not exist within the mind; It appears from a combination of factors. Look at the inconceivable array of hideous forms (demonic) arising out of non existent action!” The Buddha
The Exposition on the Universal Gateway, 1.47, Samantamukhaparivarta, 84000.co
10. Discipline, Inner Strength, Tolerance
The Parable of the Net
“…The kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind. When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteousand throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Yeshua
Matthew 13 -47
“Many who wear a monk’s robes, Unworthy, holding selfish thoughts and disgusting disposition, Unrestrained in thought word and deed are reborn in ‘the downward-path’, the nether world, hell, because of their self-serving actions. The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 307
“He who has done some wrong may curb it through virtue to bring light to this life, As the sun and moon appear from behind clouds. All accumulation ends in depletion; All climbs end in falls; All meetings end in separation; All life ends in death.” The Buddha
Degé Kangyur, vol. 1 (’dul ba, ka), folios 1.a–131.a., The Chapters on Monastic Discipline, The Chapter on Going Forth, The Two Novices
“Just like rain leaks into a poorly-roofed house, selfish desires seep into a poorly trained mind.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 13
“Rainwater can’t penetrate A well-constructed house.
So desires and passions can’t disturb a mind well-trained in tranquility.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 14
“Through effort, watchfulness, restraint and self-control,
A wise person becomes an island that no flood can overwhelm.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 25
“The mind is quick and elusive, Hard to hold down, Seizing on whatever it desires.
Yet taming the mind is essential For happiness and well-being.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya Dhammapada # 35
11. Secret Teachings of Enlightenment
And when the Pharisees had demanded of Him when the Kingdom of God should come, He answered them and said, “The Kingdom of God cometh not with outward show. Neither shall they say, ‘Lo, it is here!’ or ‘Lo, it is there!’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.” Yeshua
Luke 17:20-21, 21st Century King James Version
“Friends, just as the mighty ocean has but one flavor, that of salt, the Universal Teaching has one flavor, the flavor of freedom.” The Buddha
Pali Canon, Khuddaka Nikaya, Udana 56
“Totally calm within himself, a bhikkhu would not seek peace from another. For one who is at peace with themselves, there is nothing to hold on to, still less to put down. As in the middle of the ocean, there are no waves, but all is still, so they would be still, unmoving.” The Buddha
Tuvaṭakasutta—Laurence K Mills, https://suttacentral.net/snp4.14/en/mills?
(“Bikkhu” means a true practitioner, a monk)
“May my conduct, even in the worldly existence,
Be free of karma, kleśas, and the actions of Mars,
Just as the lotus is unstained by water,
And the sun and moon are unobstructed in the sky.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, The Stem Array, 56.91, 84000.co
(Kleshas are mental states that cloud the mind such as anxiety, fear, anger, jealousy, desire, depression, etc.and may foster unwholesome actions.)
“Those who understand selflessness all day long, Who are mindful of emptiness as they walk, Who bear the beautiful aromatic flowers of the aspects of enlightenment, Those dedicated ones will attain supreme enlightenment.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, Excerpt from The King of Samādhis Sütra, 6.26, Samādhirājasūtra, 84000.co
“Carelessness is the basis for cyclic existence, But the careful go beyond cyclic existence. Therefore, give up carelessness, And you will always be happy.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma, 4.B.1116, Saddharma smrtyupasthana, 84000.co
“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'”
John 14:6
John 11:25-26, New International Version
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
MAJJHIMA NIKAYA 22.46-47, tr Nyanaponika Thera, https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.022.nypo.html
“Monks, in this Teaching that is so well proclaimed by me and is plain, open, explicit, and free of patchwork, those monks who are mature in Dhamma, mature in faith, are all headed for full Enlightenment.
“Monks, in this Teaching that is so well proclaimed by me and is plain, open, explicit and free of patchwork, those who have simply faith in me, simply love for me, are all destined for heaven.”
Satisfied, the monks rejoiced in the words of the Blessed One.
“He grows disenchanted with the intellect, disenchanted with ideas, disenchanted with consciousness at the intellect, disenchanted with contact at the intellect. And whatever there is that arises in dependence on contact at the intellect, experienced as pleasure, pain or neither-pleasure-nor-pain: He grows disenchanted with that too. Disenchanted, he becomes dispassionate. Through dispassion, he is fully released. With full release, there is the knowledge, ‘Fully released.’ He discerns that ‘Birth is ended, the holy life fulfilled, the task done. There is nothing further for this world.'”
Adittapariyaya Sutta, SN 35.28, (https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.028.than.html) .
12. Last Days, Encouragement
“Be humble like the grass at times,
But stand firm like a mountain when the time is right.” The Buddha
Tibetan Kangyur, The Verses of Naga King Drum, 1.65, 84000.co
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Yeshua
Matthew 7:13-14, New International Version
“Life looks easy for one without conscience.
Who lies, and offends, Pushy and arrogant as a cunning crow.
Life is more difficult for one with conscience.
Sincere and careful, seeking the Purest, best way for all.” The Buddha
Khuddaka Nikaya, Dhammapada # 244 – 245
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19-20
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7
“Totally calm within himself,
A bhikkhu would not seek peace from another;
For one who is at peace with themselves,
There is nothing to hold on to, still less to put down.
As in the middle of the ocean,
There are no waves, but all is still,
So they would be still, unmoving;
A bhikkhu is not haughty at all.”
Tuvaṭakasutta—Laurence Khantipalo Mills, https://suttacentral.net/snp4.14/en/mills?
(A Bikkhu is a Monk)
Mark 8:35
Final Words of the Buddha
“Monks, be your own island (safe place), be your own refuge, with no other refuge. Let the Dhamma be your island and your refuge, with no other refuge. And how does a monk do this? He meditates observing the true nature of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and grief for the world. He meditates observing the true nature of feelings … mind … Dhamma factors—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and grief for the world. That’s how a monk is his own island, his own refuge, with no other refuge. That’s how he let the Dhamma be his island and his refuge, with no other refuge.
“You should roam inside your own territory, the domain of your father, the Buddha. If you roam inside your own territory, the domain of your fathers, Māra won’t catch you or get a hold of you. Monks, merit is collected due to practising wholesome qualities.” The Buddha
DN 26 Cakkavatti Sutta, https://suttafriends.org/sutta/dn26/
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