Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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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To have everything is to possess nothing.
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If you endeavor to embrace the Way through much learning, the Way will not be understood. If you observe the Way with simplicity of heart, great indeed is this Way.
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The easiest beneficence is a smile. The simplest release is to have a vegetarian meal.
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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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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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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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By your own folly you will be brought as low as your worst enemy wishes.
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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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Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove.
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Do not believe what you have heard Do not believe in tradition because it is handed down many generations Do not believe in anything that has been spoken of many times Do not believe because the written statements come from some old sage Do not believe in conjecture Do not believe in authority, or teachers, or elders But after careful observation and analysis, when it agrees with reason and it will benefit one and all, then accept it and live by it.
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If there be one righteous person, the rain falls for his sake.
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Look within, thou art the Buddha.
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Through true honestydeeply believethat all sentient-beings are one.That all beings have the sametrue nature,wisdom,virtue.
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Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus with thy hand!
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You can search the entire universe and not find a single being more worthy of love than you.
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Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not carried out by the speaker.
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War ends only when people love each other.
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Like the mother of the world, touch each being as your beloved child.
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Conquer a liar with truth.
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Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.
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If a viper lives in your room and you wish to have a peaceful sleep, you must first chase it out.
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It is impossible for a man who is bogged to extricate another who is bogged.
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Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened.