Hi.

I was wondering if anyone could convert the buddha quote of;

'Your own worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts'

into thai.

I have done it over google translate and it gave me this.

ศัตรูที่เลวร้ายที่สุดของคุณเองไม่สามารถเป็นอันตรายต่อคุณมากที่สุดเท่าที่ความคิดของคุณเองเผลอ

I just want to check it is correct.

Thanks in advance.

Its Ok and understandable...I would put it differently but its a difficult language for translators to do with European languages being so different.

" I do not think I ever said that."

The Buddha

" I do not think I ever said that."

The Buddha

I agree with his opinion.

I'm not sure whether this's a buddha quote...

but of cause, this is a good quote.

with some beautiful translation could be..

"ศัตรูที่เลวร้ายที่สุดของคุณ ยังไม่สามารถทำร้ายคุณได้มากเท่ากับความคิดของคุณเอง"

or

"ศัตรูที่เลวร้ายที่สุดของคุณ ยังไม่สามารถทำร้ายคุณได้มากเท่ากับความไม่รู้จักยั้งคิดของคุณเอง"

something like this.

These are not a directly word by word translated, but beautiful sentences.

.

I'm not sure whether this's a buddha quote...

but of cause, this is a good quote.

with some beautiful translation could be..

"ศัตรูที่เลวร้ายที่สุดของคุณ ยังไม่สามารถทำร้ายคุณได้มากเท่ากับความคิดของคุณเอง"

Thanks for this. I think I'll use it with my Thai in-laws! Often times when it comes to readily expressing Buddhist sentiments in Thai my language skills come up a bit short. The concepts are clear enough to me but I learned them through other languages and don't know the simple, tried and true Thai expressions that really bring the point across. Can you or anyone else recommend any collections of simple Buddhist aphorisms in Thai that I could use to improve my communication in this area & also practice my reading skills?

" I do not think I ever said that."

The Buddha

I love those. A while back I had chanced upon a clever website of similar "quotes" (in quotes).

this one: http://www.fakebuddhaquotes.com/real-buddha-quotes/

including...

"Nope, I didn't say that." The Buddha

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