Gautama Buddha Quotes
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It is in this way that I went forth to teach.
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May everyone be happy and safe, and may their hearts be filled with joy.
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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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A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains.
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For, owners of their deeds (karma) are the beings, heirs of their deeds; their deeds are the womb from which they sprang; with their deeds they are bound up; their deeds are their refuge. Whatever deeds they do-good or evil-of such they will be the heirs. And wherever the beings spring into existence, there their deeds will ripen; and wherever their deeds ripen, there they will earn the fruits of those deeds, be it in this life, or be it in the next life, or be it in any other future life.
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The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.
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Let us live most happily, free from hatred in the midst of the hateful; Let us remain free from hatred in the midst of people who hate.
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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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Care about your children. Just bless them instead of worrying, as every child is the little Buddha who helps his parents to grow up.
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With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear.
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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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Come and see...place no head above your own.
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He who walks in the company of fools suffers much. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful. Company with the wise is pleasure, like meeting with kinfolk.
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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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A person is ruined by taking the measure of other persons.
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I am, I am not, I will be, I will not be are vein thoughts which is a sickness and once all are eliminated no desire arises.
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There is no fire like passion. There are no chains like hate. Illusion is a net, Desire is a rushing river.
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If you're respectful by habit, constantly honoring the worthy, four things increase: long life, beauty, happiness, strength.
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If the selflessness of phenomena is analyzed and if this analysis is cultivated, it causes the effect of attaining nirvana. through no other cause does one come to peace.
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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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Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
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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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Make of yourself a light.
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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.