Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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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Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus with thy hand!
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If you are tossed about by doubts, full of strong thoughtless passions, and yearning only for that which is detrimental, your thirst will grow stronger and stronger, unquenched, and your pain will grow with your defilements.
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Because not even the least Dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical is that Dharma and nothing is therein at variance. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlighten'
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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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Better is to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.
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Make of yourself a light.
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If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
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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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Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people.
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The fool says, "These are my sons, this is my land, this is my money." In reality, the fool does not own himself, much less sons, land, or money.
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Who ever lives looking for pleasure only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his enjoyments, idle and weak, the tempter will certainly overcome him, as the wind blows down a weak tree.
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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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Do not close your eyes before suffering. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, Including personal contact and visits, images, sound. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.
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Do not carry with you your mistakes. Do not carry your cares. Travel on alone. Like an elephant in the forest.
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Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.
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Suffering, if it does not diminish love, will transport us to the furthest shore.
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If you determine your course With force or speed, You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and what is wrong. Receiving all opinions equally, Without haste, wisely, Observe the dharma.
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Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.
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When you realize how perfect or at least better than it could be everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
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Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words; This is good luck.
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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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I have the body of a GOD.