Buddhists have long venerated the canon of holy writings that lead the dedicated seeker to awakening. Here you'll find a carefully chosen selection of some of the most beautiful and inspiring passages from these sacred works.
The great genius of the Buddha lay partly in his ability to keep things simple. Here he denies that he has talked about anything except the truth of suffering and how to get free of it — the central teaching of the Dharma.
In this classic passage from The Dhammapada, one of the most authoritative Buddhist texts, the Buddha emphasizes control of the desires and of the mind.