Gautama Buddha Quotes
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As soon as we think we are safe, something unexpected happens.
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The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.
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Just as a chariot is verbalized, in dependence on collections of parts, so conventionally a sentient being, is set up depending on the mental and physical aggregates.
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He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.
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Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.
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After enlightenment, the laundry.
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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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Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, there is no fraud. Hence the Tathagata is to be seen from no-marks as marks.
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Joyously participate in the sorrows of others.
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Reverence, humility, contentment, gratitude and hearing the good Dhamma, this is the best good luck.
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All things that are born must die. Work hard for your own freedom from sorrow.
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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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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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If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.
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Silence is an empty space, space is the home of the awakened mind.
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Ye must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways.
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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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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 wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.
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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.
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There have been many Buddhas before me and will be many Buddhas in the future.
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He is able who think he is able.
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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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How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.