Please complete this quote by Buddha.

February 17, 2009 3:45 PM

Please help me complete a quote that I acutally found and then lost on Metafilter: "Pity and praise come and go....to stand like an oak tree in the midst of them all." - Buddha

Thats all I have from this quote attributed to Buddha. I found this on Metafilter when I first joined. I was not yet hip to all the bookmarking features that make Metafilter so valuable.

Thanks guys.

posted by captainsohler to Religion & Philosophy (5 answers total)

I can't find it on MeFi, but I think the exact quote you are after is:

"Praise and blame and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a great tree in the midst of them all."
posted by greycap at 4:11 PM on February 17, 2009

This is the only oak/Buddha related quote I found on Metafilter.

"Kaoru asked to open the chapel where the Eighth Prince practiced and, clearing the dust away carefully prayed to Buddha. 'Beneath the oak I meant to search for shade. Now it has gone and all is vanity.'"

However, you may want to look at this.
posted by desjardins at 4:15 PM on February 17, 2009

Best answer: I think you are looking for

netbros, 5:21 PM on September 4, 2008: Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all. -- Buddha
posted by koeselitz at 4:21 PM on February 17, 2009

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captainsohler September 5, 2008 12:55 AM

Apparently you liked it back then :)
posted by Mach5 at 5:04 PM on February 17, 2009

Response by poster: Seems I need to shore up my favorites, because I originally did give em a looksee.

Thanks guys.
posted by captainsohler at 5:12 PM on February 17, 2009