Collection of Tibetan proverbs, sayings and popular sayings in Tibet translated into Italian, as testimony to the wisdom of this thoughtful people.
Tibetan idioms
- Wood is light on water. And the stones seem light on wood.
- It is important to change one's conscience and not external behavior.
- Living in harmony with everyone is the essence of morality.
- Every ray of dawn takes your most beautiful night dreams by the hand. And lead them to reality.
- Stupidity: hosting the thief in the house and blocking the door from the outside.
- Before death a person's thoughts should be white, after death his bones are white.
- A fortune that lasts too long is always suspect.
- The lotus flower on the water does not know the reason for its swing.
- Eloquence is not intelligence. Strength is not courage.
- The life of all living beings is like a bubble on the water.
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- Don't be afraid to meet loneliness. It is a rare opportunity to make friends with yourself.
- Our place in life was previously determined, but the correct actions are the result of our hands.
- A madman makes one mistake. The wise man makes hundreds of them.
- In this world and the other, if it is in your destiny, you will be purified.
- The thief does not know where the Buddha lives.
- Entering a rebirth voluntarily is like taking poison intentionally.
- When a man kneels, heaven forgives.
- All types of action are taken into account by the Lord of Compassion, because the ears of the Compassionate listen a lot.
- Most kings love flattery; rare is that king who listens to the truth.
- If Buddha does not do his job, death cannot be invited to Heaven.
- Do not put the load destined for a yak on a cow.
- It is not necessary to teach the alphabet to the Buddha, nor to give blazing light to the sun.
- How can you grab a fish without getting your feet wet first?
- Of visible and invisible knowledge, the root of everything is absolute wisdom.
- Without climbing the mountain of adversity you cannot reach the expanse of happiness.
- It is better to be silent with a good heart than to pretend to be religious with a bad one.
- Honor a king in his land; honor a wise man everywhere.
- When the pupil of the human eye fixates on something, a devil is forged within the white snow cover of the heart.
- When a fool pretends to be intelligent, he seems even more foolish.
- Dust particles must not enter the pupil, lies must not penetrate religion.
- Promises: born like burning fires. And they end up like broken arches.
Tibetan sayings
- Better good thoughts than good rituals.
- Language never ends until it reaches its root.
- For the wise one sign is enough, for a non-wise one, words are needed.
- The companion of the lone traveler is his shadow.
- At the moment of dying, ardent in saying prayers. When traveling, strong in saddling the stallion.
- Where there is an incapable king, a proud fool and an evil wife, peace is achieved only by leaving that place.
- If you want to throw a man into the river, you must also risk falling into the water
- Dust particles must not enter the pupil, lies must not penetrate religion.
- Of a soul not disappointed on the inside, the actions on the outside will be intact.
- If the target is good, the arrow hits better.
- He who has the lordship of his soul is as if he had overcome his enemy.
- A tiger knows eighteen tricks to attack, a nineteen fox to hide.
- Those who live in the circle of the sun are like a moth that doesn't need a torch.
- Waking up early in the morning is like getting a horse, going to bed late at night is like losing a cow.
- Like an empty bag, the same inside and out.
- There are three things that will never come back: the arrow shot, the words you say, the missed opportunity.
- The cedar leaves, even if burned in the fire, give off their aroma.
- He who saved a life, saved the whole world.
- Act in such a way that you don't have to raise your mustache for joy, nor shed tears in sad moments.
- An uneducated child is like a bird without wings.
- Better to prune a seasoned fruit tree with skill than to plant a new one and wait for the harvest.
- The madman is like a stream that follows each channel.
- The men of three generations are really old, the gods of three generations are really old, even the birth of the world came from the oldest ice.
- Words are simple water bubbles; actions are drops of gold.
- The hangover must pass through the mouth, the reasoning through the brain.
- Instead of being the leader of a bad group, be the servant of a good teacher.
- Having eaten together, one should then agree on the discussion.
- The feelings that are expressed are like medicine. The feelings that are hidden are like poison.
- In the absence of the rooster, the monkey keeps time. In the absence of the dog, the pig rummages through the bones.
- To change the world we must first change ourselves.
- Profit increases three times, loss nine.
Tibetan proverbs
- It is easier to pierce an enemy than to hold a conversation.
- If you're not happy, it's all your fault.
- Medicine that heals isn't always sweet and caring words aren't always pleasant.
- Even with a lamp in his hands a blind man does not see his way.
- Do exterior cleaning with water, interior with words.
- When a blind man escorts a blind man, they both fall into the river.
- If it's here, it's everywhere. If it's not here, it's nowhere.
- The king seated on the throne has the good fortune of glory, the flower born on the lawn has the good fortune of the gods.
- Who can say with certainty that he will live until he sees tomorrow?
- The rock is from the river, the boundary of the field.
- You have to know joy and pain to recognize happiness and bad luck.
- When there is a destination, the desert also becomes a road.
- Disappointment follows a happy desire, actions only bring about suffering.
- Too much attachment produces hatred. Too much sweetness produces nausea.
- If one desires true happiness, one must know how to remain intact in suffering.
- Don't praise my luck before I'm dead and gone.
- If you are rich, there can be loss, if you are poor, only gain.
- If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will avoid a hundred days of pain.
- When you die, you rejoice and the world cries.
- Knowing a single word of wisdom is like knowing a hundred ordinary words.
- Even the smallest task is difficult to accomplish without effort.
- Without the help of a woman, a man cannot set up a tent.
- If the snow falls, you will find it on the roof, if guests arrive, you will find them at the door.
- May heaven not be born lender of money, may heaven not be born to borrow it.
- The vase can be broken, but its model will continue to exist in the mind.
- A man should learn to offer others victory and profit. To take upon itself the defeat and the loss.
- A field without proper sowing is wasteful. Knowledge without proper education is a waste.
- Imagination heals chaos in the heart.
- If nobody made us angry with who could we practice patience?
- It is better to live one day like a tiger than a thousand years like sheep.
- A braggart has no courage, muddy water has no depth.
