Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Look within, thou art the Buddha.
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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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Your suffering is my suffering and your happiness is my happiness.
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Why cling to the pain and the wrongs of yesterday? Why hold on to the very things that keep you from hope and love.
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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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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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Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.
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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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Don't rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don't infer or be deceived by appearances.
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Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
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Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put them into practice.
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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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One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being while gaining in 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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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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Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form.
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For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in.
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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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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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Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
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Know well what holds you back, and what moves you forward.
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As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives.
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The ocean, king of mountains and the mighty continents Are not heavy burdens to bear when compared To the burden of not repaying the world's kindness.