Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so both can be whole.
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The person who masters himself through self-control and discipline is truly undefeatable.
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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 you know for yourselves, 'These things are wholesome; these things are blameless; these things are praised by the wise; these things, if undertaken and practiced, lead to welfare and happiness,' then you should engage in them.
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All the holy words you read and all the holy words you speak are as nothing if you do not act upon them. Even if you read little and say little but live the right way, forsaking craving, hatred and delusion, you will know the truth and find calmness and will show others the path.
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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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Inner freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true.
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Evil-doers who denounce the wise resemble a person who spits against the sky; the spittle will never reach the sky, but comes down on himself. Evil-doers again resemble a man who stirs the dust against the wind; the dust is never raised without doing him injury. Thus, the wise will never be hurt, but the curse is sure to destroy the evil-doers themselves.
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The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
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Let go of anger. Let go of pride. When you are bound by nothing You go beyond sorrow.
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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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When faced with the vicissitudes of life, one's mind remains unshaken, sorrow-less, stainless, secure; this is the greatest welfare.
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You are all Buddhas. There is nothing you need to achieve. Just open your eyes.
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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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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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If beings knew, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they would not eat without having given.
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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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Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter.
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The big belly can accommodate all kinds of things. The benevolence is never let a dust behind.
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Those who are pure in heart and single in purpose are able to understand the most supreme Way. It is like polishing a mirror, which becomes bright when the dust is removed. Remove your passions, and have no hankering.
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In compassion lies the world's true strength.
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When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.
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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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Rising early and scorning laziness, remaining calm in time of strife, faultless in conduct and clever in actions. One like this will be praised.