When asked "what's the biggest mistake we make in life?" The Buddha Replied "The biggest mistake is you think you have time.
When asked: “What's the biggest mistake we make in life?” The Buddha replied, “The biggest mistake is you think you have time..” Time is free but it's priceless.
Mistakes are unavoidable. Here's what Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda shares on mistakes: Nothing is irredeemable in youth. Rather, the worst mistake you can make when young is to give up and not challenge yourselves for fear of failure.
Famous Buddha Quotes
"The root of suffering is attachment." "Nothing is forever except change." "Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except yourself." "If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone."
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth” – Gautama Buddha.
The Buddha's message of peace, compassion and love for all living beings tells us to open our hearts and embrace all members of our human family, especially those in need. These timeless teachings can help guide Governments and the international community.
In the Pali sutta With Ananda (SN 44.10), the wanderer Vacchagotta asks the Buddha two questions: "Is there a self?" and "Is there no self?" The Buddha declines to answer both of these questions.
I'd rather have a life full of mistakes than a heart full of regret. - Tiny Buddha.
From the Buddha's perspective, a disturbing thought is any thought that leads to harm to yourself or to others. It might be characterized by craving or hatred. Having that thought, and paying a lot of attention to it, compels you to act in a harmful way.
The Buddha's first noble truth is most often—but inaccurately—rendered in English as “life is suffering.” As is often the case, this piece of ancient text loses a lot in translation. The Pali word dukkha, usually translated as “suffering,” has a more subtle range of meanings.
“There is no self.”
The one time the Buddha was asked point-blank if there is or isn't a self, he refused to answer (Samyutta Nikaya 44.10).
The Buddha believed that most suffering is caused by a tendency to crave or desire things. A person might crave something nice to eat or desire to go on a nice holiday or earn lots of money. Buddhism teaches that through being dissatisfied with their lives and craving things, people suffer.
The Four Great Errors are as follows: The error of confusing cause and consequence. The error of a false causality. The error of imaginary causes.
When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and don't repeat it.
The average person will make 773,618 decisions over a lifetime – and will come to regret 143,262 of them.
Quote by Colleen Hoover: “All humans make mistakes.
The Four Noble Truths
They are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering. More simply put, suffering exists; it has a cause; it has an end; and it has a cause to bring about its end.
He taught her that the life of mortals i.e., humans is troubled, brief and full of pain; the only way to obtain peace of mind is by giving up sorrow, complaints and grief. Surrendering all selfishness is the way by which one could attend immortality in this world.
Gautama realized that people are born again when they desire things. Specifically, the bad things they do in their former lives cause them to come back to earth in a new life, as if to correct them.