Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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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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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Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.
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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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In the light of his vision that is the perspective that allows him to be grateful that things are not worse he has found his freedom and joy: his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and his work is peace.
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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.
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He who is grateful doesn't suffer.
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Love in the past is only a memory. Love in the future is only a fantasy. True love lives in the here and now.
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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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He who wrongs the innocent must bear the fruit of his act, like dust flung against the wind.
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If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.
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All fear violence, all are afraid of death.
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Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.
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The discipline which I have imparted to you will lead you when I am gone. Practice mindfulness diligently, to attain the goal of awakening.
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Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.
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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 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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Please, try to eat a bit less meat, a bit more veggies from today. Let it become a habit gradually until not to eat meat anymore. Then, observe the changing of the body and spirit after eating veggies, fruits and grains.
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Those who by form did see me and those who followed me by voice. Wrong the efforts they engaged in, those people will not see me.
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Let us live in joy, never falling sick like those who hate us. Let us live in freedom, without hatred even among those who hate.
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I have the True Dharma Eye, the Marvelous Mind of Nirvana, the True Form of the Formless, and the Subtle Dharma Gate, independent of words and transmitted beyond doctrine. This I have entrusted to Mahakashyapa.
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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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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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He that distributeth not That which he hath received-- His food, his drink, his sustenance-- Unto devotee, brahman, beggar, wayfarer-- Such a low man as he, they say, is like Unto a lack of rain.