Gautama Buddha Quotes

The recollected go forth to lives of renunciation. They take no pleasure in a fixed abode. Like wild swans abandoning a pool, they leave one resting place after another.

Gautama Buddha

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• Pool
• Renunciation

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• The recollected go forth to lives of renunciation. They take no pleasure in a fixed abode. Like wild swans abandoning a pool, they leave one resting place after another.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • Pleasure
  • Pool
  • Renunciation