Buddhism is a religion, but also a way, or rather, a philosophy of life based on the phrases that Buddha left us. Quotes or texts that were intended to cause an interchange and create better men and women. And perhaps here is the secret of why Buddhism, founded by Gautama Buddha in India in the fifth century BC, has more than 500 million adherents around the world. 
Many people are faithful to this doctrine or philosophy of life without following their religion, because they find in these Buddha’s phrases the motivation to keep walking and the best way to with oneself and with those around them. There were so many magical words that Buddha pronounced, that it is difficult to keep a few of them, but if you are curious to know any of the Buddha’s phrases and, above all, understand their meaning and discover how they can help you, we bring you the 7 phrases of Buddha that will change your life (as they have with ours).
Buddha Quote 1: Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional
- We feel pain when the couple we love takes another path, when that person with whom we share confidences betrays us or when we receive bad news… Pain is part of life, a way to express internal tension and worry about something, a way to be present in this world. But you and only you are the ones who decide if you want that pain to become constant suffering or, on the contrary, as it come and go.
- And how to avoid that suffering that is useless? Assuming that pain and, once we have achieved it, leaving it there asleep so that it does not intercede in our lives and allows us to continue walking our path to happiness
Buddha Quote 2: What you think about, you become; what you feel, you attract; what you imagine, you believe
- A very powerful Buddha phrase, because what he comes to tell us is that we are the owners of our own thoughts, those that will become reality if we make an effort, but not only that. What happens when you want something very strongly? That if that desire is positive, it ends up materializing because your mind attracts it to you. And, as we always say, in this entire dream process, imagination plays a very important role, but imagination is positive.
- If you imagine every day that you are a good person, that you can achieve what you set out to do or that you are strong, if you really think so, if you really feel it (you tell yourself convinced) and if you really you imagine yourself like this…It won’t be something from your imagination, it will be real.
Phrase of Buddha 3: It is not richer who has more, but who needs less
- How many things do we have in our house that we don’t use? How many things stay there stored in the bottom of a drawer? How many things do you keep at home without knowing that you have them there? Still, despite everything you have, there are times when you feel empty. And it is that wealth, according to Buddha, is not based on material things but rather on internal and spiritual wealth.
- Perhaps you, who have a lower floor than your co-worker, who dress more simply or who have a cell phone that is not the latest generation, are richer in aspects such as love (because you have a partner who adores you)or happiness (because, with your children or your friends, you feel that happiness is more than covered).
- We propose an exercise: open your clothing closet, examine what you have and think: “do I wear everything I have in the closet?” “Do I really need all those clothes to be happy?”, because we live in a world where many material things can be dispensed with.
Buddha Phrase 4: What bothers you about other beings is a projection of what you have not resulted from yourself
- Why do we project onto others what we don’t like about ourselves? Perhaps because we think that it is a way to release it but, deep down, what we have to do is carry out an exercise of acceptance. Why, instead of looking inside ourselves, do we waste that valuable time that life offers us worrying about others? Forget about the others and think of yourself. Do not deny, do not suffer.
- Stand in front of the mirror and ask yourself what things you would change about yourself. It may be difficult for you to verbalize it at first, you may start this exercise and end up leaving it, you may not like what you see or hear, but that is you. “What should I do?” you will ask yourself: understand yourself and the other person in front of you, that you are none other than your true self.
- What are we doing when we launch a review? Are we issuing an argument for the other person to grow and improve or are we simply projecting our flaws onto the other? We encourage you to reflect on the issues we are telling you the next time you make a value judgment about someone or about a behavior related to a person!
Buddha Quote 5: Do not dwell on the past, do not dream of the future, focus your mind on the present moment
- “If it hadn’t been for…”, “if I had been able to…”, “if I had known…” enough regrets, enough regrets, enough complaints! What was not done at one point in life cannot be changed now. Why waste our energy on things of the past? It is clear that one can learn from that experience, but little else.
- And the same thing happens with the “What if…”, “What if…”, the future is there, waiting for you, but you shouldn’t be obsessed with it, so you know, neither the past nor the future, your mind must to be where your body is physically: in the present. Because only from this point, you can lead your life towards a better future. So let’s do what Buddha says: “Don’t dwell on the past, don’t dream of the future, focus your mind on the moment.”
Buddha Phrase 6: Not even your worst enemy can harm you as much as your own thoughts
- When you have a rough day at work and your boss has scolded you for something gone wrong, you go home with an internal feeling of sadness. Your head begins to analyze what happened and begins to get entangled in ideas that are toxic to you, to launch voices against you and even to make you believe that you are the only one responsible for what happened. But aren’t you seeing what really happens? Your thoughts have been filled with so much hatred and resentment that only words like “I’m not worth this”, “I’m not prepared for so much responsibility”, “I don’t deserve this”…
- You have and you must realize that your biggest enemy is neither your boss, nor your co-worker, nor your neighbor… it is yourself, or rather, your thoughts! Those negative that prevent you from seeing the light at the end of the road and that are an obstacle to your goal.
Buddha Quote 7: To understand everything, it is necessary to forget everything
- Who has not ever wanted to leave everything and go live thousands and thousands of kilometers from their place of residence to “forget everything”? Perhaps it is easier and braver to try to understand and discover the why of things, and it is that only with this attitude will you be able to forget.
- It’s not about fleeing, escaping, abandoning… it’s about assuming things and, above all, understanding them, and for that there are times when the best exercise we can do is reset our mind. Let’s put preconceived ideas aside, throw away the conventions with which we have been raised, the set phrases that hit our brain every day… If you manage to do this, you will feel free and, best of all, your mind will like a blank piece of paper capable of assimilating what surrounds him without judging and in a healthier way.
