Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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.
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Seeing the similarity to oneself, one should not use violence or have it used.
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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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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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A great gift - a gift of Dharma conquers all gifts.
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The recollected go forth to lives of renunciation. They take no pleasure in a fixed abode. Like wild swans abandoning a pool, they leave one resting place after another.
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Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.
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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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It is our own thoughts that lead us into trouble, not other people.
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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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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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Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.
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Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.
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Do not underestimate what you specific conventional, nor covetousness others. He who envies others does not terra firma organization of intellect.
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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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Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires.
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Let the disciple cultivate love without measure towards all beings. Let him cultivate towards the whole world, above, below, around, a heart of love unstinted....For in all the world this state of heart is best.
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Household life is crowded and dusty; life gone forth is wide open... Suppose I shave off my hair and beard, put on the ochre robe, and go forth from the home life into homelessness.
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Only he who crosses the stream of life wishes to know what is known as unknowable.
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Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned.
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A person is ruined by taking the measure of other persons.
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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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All fear violence, all are afraid of death.
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If you're respectful by habit, constantly honoring the worthy, four things increase: long life, beauty, happiness, strength.