Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Let your love flow outward through the universe, To its height, its depth, its broad extent, A limitless love, without hatred or enmity. Then as you stand or walk, Sit or lie down, As long as you are awake, Strive for this with a one-pointed mind; Your life will bring heaven to earth.
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However young, the seeker who sets out upon the way Shines bright over the world. But day and night the person who is awake Shines in the radiance of the spirit. Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work, with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine!
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A truly wise man does not play leapfrog with a unicorn.
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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. It can be argued that peace and happiness comes from the subjective internalised perspective of realizing things could be worse and being grateful they aren't. The alternative view that peace and happiness comes from the objective external perspective of having more and better things than at present, while important for growth, can be a never-ending source of jealousy, dissatisfaction and disappointment. A balance of the two, where people are grateful for what they have while striving for more seems the best blended perspective.
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You must take action yourself, for Buddhas only teach the way.
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Do not underestimate what you specific conventional, nor covetousness others. He who envies others does not terra firma organization of intellect.
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The recollected go forth to lives of renunciation. They take no pleasure in a fixed abode. Like wild swans abandoning a pool, they leave one resting place after another.
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Love in the past is only a memory. Love in the future is only a fantasy. True love lives in the here and now.
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Peace comes from within; do not try to seek it without.
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Learn this from the waters: in mountain clefts and chasms, loud gush the streamlets, but great rivers flow silently.
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For all mortals, birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, sickness is suffering.
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May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free. May the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending each other. May those who find themselves in trackless, fearful wilderness- the children, the aged, the unprotected- be guarded by beneficent celestials, and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.
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Truths cannot be acquired from words out of other people's mouths. Before Truths can be internalized, they must come from one's own realizations and practices. Through a lifetime of personal practice, human beings are capable of revealing all of the secrets of the cosmic essence. You are your own best judge.
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When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.
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Let your mind become clear like a still forest pool.
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Those who act with few desires are calm, without worry or fear.
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We do not learn by experience, but by our capacity for experience.
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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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Give the people - confidence. Give the people - delight. Give the people - hope. Give the people - the best.
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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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In his ignorance of the whole truth, each person maintains his own arrogant point of view.
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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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Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.
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How deeply did you learn to let go?