Gautama Buddha Quotes
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I am a finger pointing to the moon. Don't look at me; look at the moon.
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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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These are the roots of trees, O monks, these are empty huts. Meditate, monks, do not be negligent, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.
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A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead all living beings to put a stop to (reincarnation) and escape (suffering), and when they have been so led, not one of them in fact stops (reincarnating) or escapes suffering. Why? Because, if a Bodhisattva believes in the notion of an ego, a personality, or a living being, he is not a true Bodhisattva.
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The true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation, and purity.
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Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue, in order to benefit others, this man alone is happy.
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How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.
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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 worlds originate so that truth may come and dwell therein.
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He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.
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As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who practices it not.
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You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.
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The non-doing of any evil, the performance of what's skillful, the cleansing of one's own mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened.
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There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he is indeed close to nirvana.
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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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May all that have life be delivered from suffering.
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Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.
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If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.
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Holding on to anger is like poisoning yourself and hoping someone else will die.
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We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we are the same as everything.
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Don't indulge in careless behaviour. Don't be the friend of sensual pleasures. He who meditates attentively attains abundant joy.
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Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
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Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.
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I manifested in a dreamlike way to dreamlike beings and gave a dreamlike Dharma, but in reality I never taught and never actually came.