Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Sit Rest Work. Alone with yourself, Never weary. On the edge of the forest Live joyfully, Without desire.
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Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained.
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The kingdom of heaven is closer than the brow above the eye but mankind does not see it.
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If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
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Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots remain uncut and firm, even so, until the craving that lies dormant is rooted out, suffering springs up again and again.
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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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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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Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.
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The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task.
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Whoever has done harmful actions but later covers them up with good is like the moon which, freed from clouds, lights up the world.
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Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful.
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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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Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with joy.
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Don't believe a teaching just because you've heard it from a man who's supposed to be holy, or because it's contained in a book supposed to be holy, or because all your friends and neighbors believe it. But whatever you've observed and analyzed for yourself and found to be reasonable and good, then accept that and put it into practice.
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As a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of evil; as a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of good.
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Treat others with respect. How you treat others will be how they treat you.
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Let your mind become clear like a still forest pool.
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Of all footprints, that of the elephant is supreme. Similarly, of all mindfulness meditations, that on death is supreme.
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Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.
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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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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.
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In his ignorance of the whole truth, each person maintains his own arrogant point of view.
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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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Suffering is temporary, enlightenment is forever.