Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Never have anything to do with likes and dislikes. The absence of what one likes is painful, as is the presence of what one dislikes. Therefore don't take a liking to anything. To lose what one likes is hard, but there are no bonds for those who have no likes and dislikes. From preference arises sorrow, from preference arises fear, but he who is freed from preference has no sorrow and certainly no fear.
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Explanation of the unspeakable cannot be finished.
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You yourself must earnestly practice, the enlightened ones only proclaim the path.
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Pity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely.
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For innumerable reasons, Mahamati, the Bodhisattva, whose nature is compassion, is not to eat any meat.
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Little by little a person becomes evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water... Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water.
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Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom.
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One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried treasure. To one who follows such a wise man, it will be an advantage and not a disadvantage.
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If there is only empty space, with no suns nor planets in it, then space loses its substantiality.
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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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Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.
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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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Rain falls, wind blows, plants bloom, leaves mature and are blown away; these phenomena are all interrelated with causes and conditions, are brought about by them, and disappear as the causes and conditions change.
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This is how to contemplate our conditioned existence in this fleeting world: Like a tiny drop of dew, or a bubble floating in a stream; Like a flash of lightning in a summer cloud, Or a flickering lamp, an illusion, a phantom, or a dream. So is all conditioned existence to be seen.
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Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.
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Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention
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Your suffering is my suffering and your happiness is my happiness.
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The hunger of passions is the greatest disease.
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If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it; happiness is the outcome of good.
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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
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Wish I am free from barriers when I die, and Buddha will welcome me from far away.
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Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.
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Those who speak much are blamed, those who speak little are blamed. In this world there are none who are not blamed. Try not to blame.
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If there is no other world and there is no fruit and ripening of actions well done or ill done, then here and now in this life I shall be free from hostility, affliction, and anxiety, and I shall live happily.