Gautama Buddha Quotes
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There is no fire like passion: there is no evil and hatred.
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Focusnot on the rudeness of others,not on what they've done or left undone,but on what you have done and have not doneyourself.
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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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Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.
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Believe not because some old manuscripts are produced, believe not because it is your national belief, believe not because you have been made to believe from you childhood, but reason truth out, and after you have analyzed it, then if you find it will do good to one and all, believe it, live up to it and help others live up to it.
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Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised.
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A brahmin once asked The Blessed One: "Are you a God?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a saint?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a magician?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "What are you then?" "I am awake."
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Learn to ne happy with what you have.
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Even if everyone elseIs not doing good,I alone will.Even if everyone elseis doing wrong,I alone will not.
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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 none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.
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His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust.
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It is good to have companions when occasion arises, and it is good to be contented with whatever comes.
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Inflowing thoughts come to an end in those who are ever alert of mind, training themselves night and day, and ever intent on nirvana.
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There is a way to be purified, to overcome sorrows and grief, to release suffering, to secure the right path to realize nirvana. This is to be mindful.
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Better is to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.
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If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.
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The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters.
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Even loss and betrayal can bring us awakening.
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All the holy words you read and all the holy words you speak are as nothing if you do not act upon them. Even if you read little and say little but live the right way, forsaking craving, hatred and delusion, you will know the truth and find calmness and will show others the path.
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Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary.
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A person is not learned nor wise because he talks much; the person who is patient, free from hatred and fear, that person is called learned and wise.
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If beings knew, as I know, the results of sharing gifts, they would not enjoy their gifts without sharing them with others, nor would the taint of stinginess obsess the heart and stay there. even if it were their last and final bit of food, they would not enjoy its use without sharing it, if there were anyone to receive it.
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Like a caring mother holding and guarding the life of her only child, so with a boundless heart of loving kindness, hold yourself and all beings as your beloved children.