Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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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For he that is delighted by concord, And who abideth in the Law, Falleth not from Security.
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And he who lives a hundred years, idle and weak, a life of one day is better if a man has attained firm strength.
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As I am, so are others as others are, so am I. Having thus identified self and others, harm no one nor have them harmed.
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The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure.
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Love and serve the world through your work.
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Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.
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If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual practitioner.
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Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
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When your mind is set in meditative equipoise, you can see reality exactly as it is.
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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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He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death.
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Just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed, Examine my words carefully and Do not accept them simply out of respect.
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Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.
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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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A wrong action may not bring its reaction at once, even as fresh milk turns not sour at once: like a smouldering fire concealed under ashes it consumes the wrongdoer, the fool.
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The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.
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If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.
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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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Joyously participate in the sorrows of others.
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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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If dresses would have qualified people, then whores would have ruled the world.
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When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace.
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Believe nothing, No matter where you read it, Or who has said it, Not even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense.