Gautama Buddha Quotes
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From the passions arise worry, and from worry arises fear. Away with the passions, and no fear, no worry.
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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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Only he who crosses the stream of life wishes to know what is known as unknowable.
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What is this world condition? Body is the world condition. And with body and form goes feeling, perception, consciousness, and all the activities throughout the world. The arising of form and the ceasing of form-everything that has been heard, sensed, and known, sought after and reached by the mind-all this is the embodied world, to be penetrated and realized.
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If the traveller can find A virtuous and wise companion Let him go with him joyfully And overcome the dangers of the way. But if you cannot find Friend or master to go with you, Travel on alone.
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Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so, brahmins, is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering. One should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.
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You are all Buddhas. There is nothing you need to achieve. Just open your eyes.
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Don't rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don't infer or be deceived by appearances.
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Mind is everything. What we think, we become.
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Believe there is good in the world.
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The Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, for one great cause alone appear in the world. The Buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, appear in the world because they wish to cause the beings to hear of the Buddha's knowledge and insight and thus enable them to gain purity. They appear in the world because they wish to demonstrate the Buddha's knowledge and insight to the beings. They appear in the world because they wish to cause the beings to understand. They appear in the world because they wish to cause the beings to enter into the path of the Buddha's knowledge and insight.
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Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.
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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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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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Do not interrogate silence because silence is mute; do not expect anything from the gods, nor should you try to bribe them with gifts, because it is in ourselves that we must look for liberation.
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The grudge you hold on to is like a hot coal that you intend to throw at someone, only you're the one who gets burned.
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Happy are those who have overcome their egos; happy are those who have attained peace; happy are those who have found the Truth.
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To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.
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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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There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times.
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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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When you come upon a path that brings benefit and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through the stars.
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The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.
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It is impossible for a man who is bogged to extricate another who is bogged.