Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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You yourself must make an effort. Buddhas are only show the way. The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the bondage of defilements.
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I do not fight with the world but the world fights with me.
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Whoever makes love grow boundless, and sets his mind for seeing the end of birth, his fetters are worn thin. If he loves even a single being, Good will follow. But the Noble One with compassionate heart for all mankind, generates abounding good.
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Stay centered, do not overstretch. Extend from your center, return to your center.
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Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment.
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In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
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Our good and bad deeds follow us almost like a shadow.
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The holy man is beyond time, he does not depend on any view nor subscribe to any sect; all current theories he understands, but he remains unattached to any of them.
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The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
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One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter.
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We living beings, right down to crickets, ants, mosquitoes , and flies, all possess life that is without beginning or end.
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Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all beings, and loving-kindness towards all the world. One should cultivate an unbounded mind, above and below and across, without obstruction, without enmity, without rivalry. Standing, or going, or seated, or lying down, as long as one is free from drowsiness, one should practice this mindfulness. This, they say, is the holy state here.
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Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.
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I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that I will fall heir.
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Sandalwood, tagara, lotus, jasmine - the fragrance of virtue is unrivalled by such kinds of perfume.
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The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze.
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Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone besides yourselves. And those, Ananda, who either now or after I am dead, Shall be a lamp unto themselves, Shall betake themselves as no external refuge, But holding fast to the truth as their lamp, Holding fast to the truth as their refuge, Shall not look for refuge to anyone else besides themselves, It is they who shall reach to the very topmost height; But they must be anxious to learn.
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O how sweet it is to enjoy life, Living in honesty and strength! And wisdom is sweet, And freedom.
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To be selfish, greedy and unwilling to help the needy gives rise to future starvation and clothlessness.
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The mind contains all possibilities.
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Be your own lamps. Be your own shelters. Hang on to the truth as a lamp. Hang on to the truth as a refuge.
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One should refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs.
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The grudge you hold on to is like a hot coal that you intend to throw at someone, only you're the one who gets burned.