Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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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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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Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness and self-possession, to the winning of knowledge and insight, to pleasant living in this very life, to the realization of the fruit of release by knowledge. What is that one thing: It is mindfulness centered on the body.
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They were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.
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Love is a fleeting emotion, to reach true nirvana one must know themselves and forsake love, for it breeds contempt.
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It is in this way that I went forth to teach.
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One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.
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By oneself the evil is done, and it is oneself who suffers: by oneself the evil is not done, and by one's Self one becomes pure.
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If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all.
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Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.
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Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter.
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Just as you have come to know, the false discrimination of yourself, apply this mentally to all phenomena.
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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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The world is on fire! And you are laughing? You are deep in the dark. Will you not ask for a light?
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An pretend and evil friend is haughty to be feared than a unmanageable beast; a unmanageable beast may mouthful your build up, but an evil friend fortitude mouthful your intellect.
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Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful.
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Beings are owners of their actions, heirs of their actions; they originate from their actions, are bound to their actions, have their actions as their refuge. It is action that distinguishes beings as inferior and superior.
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Do not close your eyes before suffering. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, Including personal contact and visits, images, sound. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.
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Rather than continuing to seek the truth, simply let go of your views.
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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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Come and see...place no head above your own.
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Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.
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The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
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By your own efforts waken yourself, watch yourself. And live joyfully.