Listed alphabetically. Fake Quotes are first, followed by “Fake Buddha Stories,” “Fakeish Quotes” and then “Other Posts,” which don’t deal with individual quotes. Quotes I’ve been asked about that are verified can be found on another page, and we have a sister site, Real Buddha Quotes, where you’ll find other genuine quotations from the Buddhist scriptures.

Fake Quotes

Mistranslations and mis-attributions.

Fake Buddha Stories

Things too complex to be treated as quotes — made-up stories usually involving extensive dialogue.

Fakeish Quotes

Often these are paraphrases or condensations. There’s nothing particularly wrong with most of these, but they’re included for the sake of completeness.

The Buddha on Fake Buddha Quotes

Other Posts

Pieces (not all of them by myself) on the topic of Fake Buddha Quotes, or fake quotes generally.

Genuine Quotes

Try reading some of the original scriptures, either on Access to Insight‘s wonderful site, or in book form. There are also a few genuine quotes I’ve been asked about that are discussed on this site.

Or you can visit our sister site, Real Buddha Quotes, to see a small selection of quotations, some of them in graphic form.

Enjoy!

Bodhipaksa