Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Don't give way to heedlessness or to intimacy with sensual delight - for a heedful person, absorbed in jhana, attains an abundance of ease.
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(The real brahmin is the one who:) ... has crossed beyond duality ...knows no this shore, other shore, or both ...(is) settled in mind ... without inflowing thoughts ...is without attachment ...endures undisturbed criticism, ill-treatment and bonds, (and is) strong in patience ...(is) without anger, devout, upright, free from craving, disciplined and in his last body ...has experienced the end of his suffering here in this life, who has set down the burden, freed!
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The trouble is you think you have time.
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A person is ruined by taking the measure of other persons.
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Few are those among men who have crossed over to the other shore, while the rest of mankind runs along the bank. However those who follow the principles of the well-taught Truth will cross over to the other shore, out of the dominion of Death, hard though it is to escape.
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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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Let all-embracing thoughts for all beings be yours.
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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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Having abandoned the taking of life, refraining from killing, we dwell without violence, with the knife laid down, scrupulous, full of mercy, trembling with compassion for all sentient beings.
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Go forth in every direction- for the happiness, the harmony, the welfare of the many. Offer your heart, the seeds of understanding, like a lamp overturned and re-lit, illuminating the darkness.
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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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Dispassion is the best of mental states. . . .
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Man's troubles are rooted in extreme attention to senses, thoughts, and imagination. Attention should be focused internally to experience a quiet body and a calm mind.
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In compassion lies the world's true strength.
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Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter.
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When giving to others do not linger on thoughts of a giving, what was given, or the one who has received.
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By your own efforts waken yourself, watch yourself. And live joyfully.
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Do not be the judge of people; do not make assumptions about others. A person is destroyed by holding judgments about others.
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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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If you're respectful by habit, constantly honoring the worthy, four things increase: long life, beauty, happiness, strength.
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I am always at the beginning.
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Like fresh milk a bad deed does not turn at once. It follows a fool scorching him like a smouldering fire.
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If a man possesses a repentant spirit his sins will disappear, but if he has an unrepentant spirit his sins will continue and condemn him for their sake forever.
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One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.