Gautama Buddha Quotes
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If dresses would have qualified people, then whores would have ruled the world.
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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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It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare there is the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world and the path leading to the cessation of the world.
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Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.
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Bring your mind to noble silence. Unify your mind in noble silence. Concentrate your mind in noble silence... Enter into rapture and pleasure born of silence derived of concentration and awareness that is free from thought and fabrication.
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The seeker is that which is being sought.
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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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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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O seeker! Rely on nothing until you want nothing.
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Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion.
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I do not fight with the world but the world fights with me.
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To stop suffering, stop greediness. Greediness is a source of suffering.
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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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It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings.
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One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind a cloud.
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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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Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
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You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.
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If we can look upon our work not for self-benefit,but as a means to benefit society,we will be practicing appreciation and patience in our daily lives.
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To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat.
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Persevere in thy quest and thou shalt find what thou seekest. Pursue thy aim unswervingly and thou shalt gain victory. Struggle earnestly and thou shalt triumph.
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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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Free from passion and desire, you have stripped the thorns from the stem.
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One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter.