Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Sustaining a loving heart, even for a moment, makes one a spiritual being.
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Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it.
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Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion.
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It is our own thoughts that lead us into trouble, not other people.
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In the beginning, compassion is like the seed without which we cannot have any fruit; in the middle, compassion is like water to nourish the see we have planted; in the end, compassion is like the warmth of the sun that brings the fruit to ripening.
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For the wakeful one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgement and blame, there is no fear.
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For all mortals, birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, sickness is suffering.
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When you go into the space of nothingness, everything becomes known.
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Health is the first benefit. Content is the first fortune. Friendliness is the first kindness. Nirvana is the first happiness.
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If you have done good, set your mind upon it so that it may be repeated over and over again. Allow yourself to be pleased by good. Accumulating good is joyful.
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The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure.
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A raft needed to cross the river is discarded when the other shore is reached, not carried about on one's head.
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Give the people - confidence. Give the people - delight. Give the people - hope. Give the people - the best.
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Seeing the similarity to oneself, one should not use violence or have it used.
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Let no person think lightly of good, saying in his or her heart, "it will not benefit me." As by the falling of raindrops a jar of water is filled, so the wise person becomes full of good, even though he or she collects it little by little.
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All of you knowing now, Tthat the Buddhas, the Teachers of the Ages, In accord with what is peculiarly appropriate, have recourse to expedient devices, Need have no more doubts or uncertainties. Your hearts shall give rise to great joy, Since you know that you yourselves Shall become Buddhas.
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To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.
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Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained.
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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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And more importantly - what we have chosen to do.
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He who wrongs the innocent must bear the fruit of his act, like dust flung against the wind.
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Household life is crowded and dusty; life gone forth is wide open... Suppose I shave off my hair and beard, put on the ochre robe, and go forth from the home life into homelessness.
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To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.
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He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill - him I do call a holy man.