Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Awakening is natural,delusion is not.
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Do not believe anything on the mere authority of teachers or priests. Accept as true and as the guide to your life only that which accords with your own reason and experience, after thorough investigation. Accept only that which contributes to the well-being of yourself and others.
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It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is possible.
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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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Anyone who is not working toward the truth is missing the whole point of living.
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A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated - this is the greatest blessing.
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To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation - this is the greatest blessing.
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Those who recognize the existence of suffering, its cause, its remedy, and its cessation, have fathomed the four noble truths. They will walk in the right path.
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You, as much as anyone in the universe, deserve your love and respect.
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Better than a long speech is a single quietening word.
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Conquer a liar with truth.
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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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I, ever knowing the living beings Who tread the Path and those who do not In response to those who may be saved Preach to them a variety of dharmas, Each time having this thought: 'How may I cause the beings To contrive to enter the Unexcelled Path and quickly to perfect the Buddha-body?'
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Do not accept what you hear by report, do not accept tradition, do not accept a statement because it is found in our books, nor because it is in accord with your belief, nor because it is the saying of your teacher. Be lamps unto yourselves. Those who, either now or after I am dead, shall rely upon themselves only and not look for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who shall reach the topmost height.
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It is your mind that creates the world.
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If the traveler cannot find master or friend to go with him, let him travel alone rather than with a fool for company.
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If a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up against the wind.
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It is impossible to underestimate the significance of your today's choices.
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Be a light unto yourself.
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Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good.
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Pain is the outcome of sin.
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Life at home is cramped and dirty, it is difficult to live a spiritual life completely, perfect and pure in all its parts while cabinned.
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Do not judge yourself harshly. Without mercy for ourselves we cannot love the world.
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Know well what holds you back, and what moves you forward.