Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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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An pretend and evil friend is haughty to be feared than a unmanageable beast; a unmanageable beast may mouthful your build up, but an evil friend fortitude mouthful your intellect.
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Religion is a cow. It gives milk, but it also kicks.
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In exactly the same way, ... scatter your body, your feeling, your perception, your predispositions, your discriminative consciousness, break them up, knock them down, cease to play with them, apply yourself to the destruction of craving for them. Verily, ... the extinction of craving is Nirvana.
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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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What's done to the children is done to society.
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Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will awaken, and become a guide to those in need, revealing the path to many.
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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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Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
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Rather than continuing to seek the truth, simply let go of your views.
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Suffering, if it does not diminish love, will transport us to the furthest shore.
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Our mind is full of anger, jealousy and other negative feelings. Yet we do not realize that these are incompatible with inner peace and joy.
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Noble friends and companions are the whole of the holy life.
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I am always at the beginning.
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When a monk is an arahant, with his fermentations ended - one who has reached fulfillment, done the task, laid down the burden, attained the true goal, totally destroyed the fetter of becoming, and is released through right gnosis - the thought doesn't occur to him that 'There is someone better than me,' or 'There is someone equal to me,' or 'There is someone worse than me.'
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Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, the greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.
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Love is beauty and beauty is truth, and that is why in the beauty of a flower we can see the truth of the universe.
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Perfect wisdom, Perfect tranquility,Perfect compassion,arise fromOur love,Our sincerity.Our understanding.
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This Ariyan Eightfold Path, that is to say: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.
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The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does not correspond to any reality.
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The secret of happiness lies in the mind's release from worldly ties.
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Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness.
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Like the mother of the world, touch each being as your beloved child.
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Pity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely.