Gautama Buddha Quotes
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As soon as we think we are safe, something unexpected happens.
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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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Before giving, the mind of the giver is happy; while giving, the mind of the giver is made peaceful; and having given, the mind of the giver is uplifted.
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Everything changes, nothing remains without change.
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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 ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.
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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.
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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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Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached.
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There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.
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The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure.
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Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.
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Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others - he does not partake of the blessings of the holy life.
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He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.
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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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When you have great joy, you will become Buddhas!
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In the end it is nothing other than the loving kindness with which the woman cares for her child that makes the difference. Her concern concentrates on one thing just like the Buddhist practice of concentration. She thinks of nothing but her child, which is similar to Buddhist compassion. That must be why, although she created no other causes to bring about it, she was reborn in the Brahma heaven.
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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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Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
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When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.
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If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he help others across?
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'I've got children', 'I've got wealth.' This is the way a fool brings suffering on himself. He does not even own himself, so how can he have children or wealth?
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Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do.
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Whatsoever misfortunes there are Here in this world or in the next, They all have their root in Ignorance And in the accumulation of Longing and Desire.