Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village.
Gautama BuddhaRead
From eating meat arrogance is born, from arrogance erroneous imaginations issue, and from imagination is born greed; and for this reason refrain from eating meat.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote suggests that consuming meat can lead to negative qualities such as arrogance and greed, urging individuals to avoid meat for moral and spiritual reasons.
In this quote, Gautama Buddha emphasizes the negative consequences that arise from the act of eating meat, linking it to traits such as arrogance and greed. He suggests that by refraining from meat consumption, individuals can cultivate a more humble and compassionate mindset, ultimately contributing to spiritual growth and ethical living. It highlights the connection between personal choices and their broader impact on character and society.
Themes
MeatArroganceGreedCompassionSpirituality
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a speech about ethical eating practices and their impact on character.
More from Gautama Buddha
All quotes βA kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches will have no profit.
Gautama BuddhaRead
There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times.
Gautama BuddhaRead
Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.
Gautama BuddhaRead
When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.
Gautama BuddhaRead
The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
Gautama BuddhaRead
Similar quotes
I have spent a lot of my career working on normative political philosophy, developing the 'capabilities approach' to social justice. I have also spent a lot of my career working on the structure of the emotions, and their role in human life.
Martha NussbaumRead
We're setting up mechanisms where we can kill human beings with drones and missiles where you're sitting at a console and pressing the button. We never have to hear their whimpering, or hear them begging for their mother, or dying in horrible realities around us. I don't know if that's necessarily such a good thing.
George R. R. MartinRead
I thought I might find the real me in Oxford. Civil rights made me accept being a black intellectual. There was no such thing before, but then it was something. So I became one.
Stuart HallRead
I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're just as crazy as the rest of them.
Charles BukowskiRead
For most people, there are only two places in the world. Where they live and their TV set. If a thing happens on television, we have every right to find it fascinating, whatever it is.
Don DelilloRead
The multiplication of our kind borders on the obscene; the duty to love them, on the preposterous.
Emile M. CioranRead