Gautama Buddha Quotes
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You must take action yourself, for Buddhas only teach the way.
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Joyously participate in the sorrows of others.
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Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.
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One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was my doing. They should accept my authority in all matters great or small." This is a fool's way of thinking. His self-seeking and conceit just increase.
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A great gift - a gift of Dharma conquers all gifts.
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I call wise man who, while he is innocent , endures insults and blows with a patience equal to its strength.
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The world is continuous flux and is impermanent.
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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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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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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
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Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.
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Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone besides yourselves. And those, Ananda, who either now or after I am dead, Shall be a lamp unto themselves, Shall betake themselves as no external refuge, But holding fast to the truth as their lamp, Holding fast to the truth as their refuge, Shall not look for refuge to anyone else besides themselves, It is they who shall reach to the very topmost height; But they must be anxious to learn.
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When one feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do.
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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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Destroy the man of wicked thoughts, Like a bamboo-tree with its fruit.
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When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.
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All things that are born must die. Work hard for your own freedom from sorrow.
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Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession.
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From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there's no grief- so how fear?
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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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But if you miss it, you will next be confronted with the angry deities, ... threatening you and barring your passage ... because you turned a deaf ear to the saving truths of religion. All these forms are strange to you, ... they terrify you, ... and yet it is you who have created them. Do not give in to your fright, ... flee them not! They are but ... the contents of your own mind... If at this point you should manage to understand that, ... and you will find yourself in a paradise among the angels.
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To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
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Please, try to eat a bit less meat, a bit more veggies from today. Let it become a habit gradually until not to eat meat anymore. Then, observe the changing of the body and spirit after eating veggies, fruits and grains.
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Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.