Gautama Buddha Quotes
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I will purify my bodily actions through repeated reflection. I will purify my verbal actions through repeated reflection. I will purify my mental actions through repeated reflection. That's how you should train yourself.
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As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all.
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A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.
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A disciplined mind brings happiness.
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Observe the life by cause and consequence. Explore the life by wisdom. Treat the life by equality. Complete the life by love.
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Whatever is subject to origination is all subject to cessation.
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With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.
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Develop a mind that is vast like space, where experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear and disappear without conflict, struggle or harm. Rest in a mind like vast sky.
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To meditate is to listen with a receptive heart.
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Do not speak - unless it improves on silence.
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Concentrate the mind on the present moment.
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Follow the truth of the way. Reflect upon it. Make it your own. Live it. It will always sustain you.
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Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
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For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness and strength.
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The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.
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If you don't see God in the next person you meet, look no further.
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As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.
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Victory breeds hatred; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, giving up victory and defeat.
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Do not learn how to react. Learn how to respond.
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Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing- Straighten yourself. You are your only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, And discover your master.
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All living beings have Buddha nature and can become Buddhas.
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There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
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Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.
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As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color & fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world.