Gautama Buddha Quotes
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When ignorant people see someone who is dead, they are disgusted and horrified, even thought they too will be dead some day. I thought to myself: I don't want to be like the ignorant people. After then, I couldn't feel the usual intoxication with life anymore.
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I do not perceive even one other thing, O monks, that when undeveloped and uncultivated entails such great suffering as the mind. The mind when undeveloped and uncultivated entails great suffering.
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Attention leads to immortality. Carelessness leads to death. Those who pay attention will not die, while the careless are as good as dead already.
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The worlds originate so that truth may come and dwell therein.
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There are these two kinds of gifts: a gift of material things & a gift of the Dhamma. Of the two, this is supreme: a gift of the Dhamma.
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To stop suffering, stop greediness. Greediness is a source of suffering.
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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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The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.
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O seeker! Rely on nothing until you want nothing.
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If you are poor, live wisely. If you have riches, live wisely. It is not your station in life but your heart that brings blessings.
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For one who is a learner and who has not yet come to master their mind, but who dwells aspiring for peace from that which binds, making it a matter concerning himself, I know of no other thing as helpful as giving close attention to the mind.
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One should refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs.
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There are no chains like hate...dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.
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Reverence, humility, contentment, gratitude and hearing the good Dhamma, this is the best good luck.
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Like a mother who protects her child, her only child, with her own life, one should cultivate a heart of unlimited love and compassion towards all living beings.
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Free from passion and desire, you have stripped the thorns from the stem.
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Some do not understand that we must die, But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.
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The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.
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When one feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do.
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In Aryans' Discipline, to build a friendship is to build wealth, To maintain a friendship is to maintain wealth and To end a friendship is to end wealth.
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The deluding passions are inexhaustible. I vow to extinguish them all. The number of beings is endless. I vow to save them all. The Truth cannot be told. I vow to explain it. The Way which cannot be followed is unattainable. I vow to attain it.
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A fool thinks it like honey so long as the bad deed does not bear fruit, but when it does bear fruit he experiences suffering.
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Destroy the man of wicked thoughts, Like a bamboo-tree with its fruit.
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If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress.