Education Quote by Buddha

It’s not comfort the Buddha is selling here; it’s a security system built out of inner posture. The line moves in deliberate steps: revulsion toward evil, tranquility, receptivity to teaching, appreciation, fearlessness. That sequencing matters. It implies ethics aren’t window dressing for spirituality; they’re the foundation that makes calm possible, and calm is what makes wisdom audible. In other words: you don’t hear “good teachings” because you’re enlightened, you hear them because your mind isn’t busy defending the mess you’re still attached to.

The subtext is quietly political in the broad sense: fear is what keeps people governable by impulse, superstition, and status anxiety. The Buddha’s alternative isn’t a new authority figure; it’s a new kind of self-governance. “Dislike for evil” isn’t moral grandstanding, either. In Buddhist context, “evil” is less about sin and more about actions rooted in greed, hatred, and delusion - the habits that reliably produce suffering. Disliking them is pragmatic: you’re tired of paying the bill.

“Tranquil” functions as both symptom and proof. A tranquil mind has fewer moving parts, fewer excuses, less need to rationalize. That’s why pleasure in “good teachings” shows up next: the Dhamma is framed as something you can actually enjoy once you’re not using your intelligence as a shield.

The payoff - “free of fear” - is not bravado. It’s the consequence of alignment: when your actions don’t secretly incriminate you, and your mind isn’t at war with itself, fear loses its leverage.