Gautama Buddha Quotes
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The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure.
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There have been many Buddhas before me and will be many Buddhas in the future.
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If the mind be fixed on the acquirement of any object, that object will be attained.
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Kindness should become the natural way of life,not the exception.
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Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.
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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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Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.
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Joyously participate in the sorrows of others.
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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. - Buddha No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
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May all that have life be delivered from suffering.
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Radiate boundless love towards the entire world - above, below, and across - unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.
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If one doth act in friendly wise, With no evil thought toward any single creature, And in so doing becometh proper, And if he have compassion in his soul Toward all living beings--this noble one Doth acquire abundant Virtue.
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The mind is pure and luminous by nature. It is defiled only by adventitious thoughts and emotions.
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When I was a young man, near the beginning of my life, I looked around with true mindfulness and saw that all things are subject to decay.
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Come and see...place no head above your own.
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One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted. "No, I am not a teacher." "Then what are you?" asked the student exasperated. "I am awake," Buddha replied.
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Why are you so sure parallel lines exist? Believe nothing, merely because you have been told it, or because it is traditional, or because you have imagined it.
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Life at home is cramped and dirty, it is difficult to live a spiritual life completely, perfect and pure in all its parts while cabinned.
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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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Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.
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Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say this, Mahamati, it is not to be eaten.
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If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.
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And more importantly - what we have chosen to do.
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How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.