Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think.
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Speak or act with a pure mind, and happiness will follow you as your shadow, unshakable.
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From a withered tree, a flower blooms.
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The greatest victory is the one over oneself.
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See the truth, and you will see me.
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The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment.
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The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.
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Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue, in order to benefit others, this man alone is happy.
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May we live like the lotus, at home in muddy water.
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You are all Buddhas. There is nothing you need to achieve. Just open your eyes.
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Giving the best to others are giving the best to us. The value of life is not based on how long we live. But, how much can we contribute to others in our society ?
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We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.
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If a man's thoughts are muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever is master of his own nature, Bright, clear and true, He may indeed wear the yellow robe.
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As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.
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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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Perfect wisdom, Perfect tranquility,Perfect compassion,arise fromOur love,Our sincerity.Our understanding.
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Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
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We do not learn by experience, but by our capacity for experience.
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Thus all things are subject to death, sorrow and suffering. I became aware that I too was of the same nature, the nature of beginning and end. What if I searched for that which underlies all creation, that which is nirvana, the perfect freedom from unconditioned existence?
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O men! you can take life easily but, remember, none of you can give life! So, have mercy, have compassion! And, never forget, that compassion makes the world noble and beautiful.
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There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant.
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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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A person is ruined by taking the measure of other persons.
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I knew that most people never see this reality because they attach to the material aspect of the world. Illusions of self and other fill their vision. I also realized there are those with little dust limiting their vision.