What not to believe

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.

Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.

Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.

Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.

Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.

But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

- Buddha

Share the Light

Thousands of candles can be lighted

from a single candle,

and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

Happiness never decreases by being shared.

- Buddha

Gifts of Giving

Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression.
We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous.
We experience joy in the actual act of giving something.
And we experience joy in remembering the fact
that we have given.

- Buddha

The Light of Wisdom

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth,
so virtue appears from good deeds, and
wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.

To walk safely through the maze of human life,
one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

- Buddha