Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Why since I am myself subject to birth, ageing, disease, death, sorrows and defilement, do I seek after what is also subject to these things? Suppose, being myself subject these things, seeking danger in them, I were to seek the unborn, unageing, und.
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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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Whoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity so the wise man knows no hatred.
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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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Not even death can wipe out our good deeds.
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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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To be selfish, greedy and unwilling to help the needy gives rise to future starvation and clothlessness.
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To stop suffering, stop greediness. Greediness is a source of suffering.
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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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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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I do not fight with the world but the world fights with me.
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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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Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment.
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Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.
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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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To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat.
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The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.
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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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O seeker! Rely on nothing until you want nothing.
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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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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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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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The seeker is that which is being sought.