Buddha Quotes

QUESTION: What are some Buddha quotes? How do they compare with the Bible?

ANSWER:

"Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds". --Buddha

Isaiah 64:6 says, "All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away."



"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." --Buddha

Colossians 3:2 says, "Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things."



"A fully enlightened one is true from inside out too SOMEONE who understands the Four Noble Truths correctly has a keen mind. --Buddha (TNP 25) The fully enlightened one is the highest among all living beings". --Buddha (CNP)

Romans 3:10 says, "As it is written: 'There is no one righteous, not even one.'"



"The teaching is that fragrant deeds profit you, if not here and now, then later somewhere, sometime". --Buddha

Ephesians 2:8-9 says, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith -- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God -- not by works, so that no one can boast."



"A contemplative should pay equal attention to concentration, energetic effort and equanimity, and not exclusively to one of these factors only." --Buddha (TNP 103)

Romans 12:2 says, "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is -- his good, pleasing and perfect will."



"AMONG what is unconditioned, Nirvana is the highest to reach." [With Buddha. CNP]

Micah 6:8 says, "He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."