Spiritual Tradition
Buddhist
Awakening through stillness and the cessation of craving
History
Founded by Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563 — 483 BCE) in northern India, the Buddhist tradition spread across Asia in three major streams: Theravada in the south, Mahayana through China and Japan, and Vajrayana in Tibet. Each preserves the core insight that suffering arises from craving and that liberation comes through the Eightfold Path.
Four Noble Truths
Eightfold Path
Anatta (no-self)
Anicca (impermanence)
Nirvana
Sages & Mystics of this Tradition
Voices from this Tradition
The tongue, when it is injured, makes a bad smell; the body, when it is injured, makes a bad smell; the mind, when it is injured, makes a bad smell.
The root of all evil is the desire for more.
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
The only real failure in life is not to be true to oneself.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
