Gautama Buddha Quotes
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He who is grateful doesn't suffer.
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In our interactions with others, gentleness, kindness, respectare the source of harmony.
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To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat.
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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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May everyone be happy and safe, and may their hearts be filled with joy.
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Those who by form did see me and those who followed me by voice. Wrong the efforts they engaged in, those people will not see me.
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If there is only empty space, with no suns nor planets in it, then space loses its substantiality.
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The poisonous serpent of afflictions is sleeping in your mind; just as if a black viper were asleep in your room. You must use the hook of precepts to quickly remove it. When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease.
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Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.
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Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.
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This life of separateness may be compared to a dream, a phantasm, a bubble, a shadow, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.
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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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Our mind is full of anger, jealousy and other negative feelings. Yet we do not realize that these are incompatible with inner peace and joy.
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How deeply did you learn to let go?
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Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness.
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When one sees that everything exists as an illusion, one can live in a higher sphere than ordinary man.
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If beings knew, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they would not eat without having given.
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Forgive and be free. Forget that you have forgiven and be freer.
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You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection.
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Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
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Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus with thy hand!
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Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone they cease. This is an ancient Law.
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Craving brings pain; craving brings fear. If you do not yield to craving, you will be free from pain and fear.
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Speak or act with a pure mind, and happiness will follow you as your shadow, unshakable.