Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Be the witness of your thoughts.
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He whose inflowing thoughts are dried up, who is unattached to food, whose dwelling place is an empty and imageless release - the way of such a person is hard to follow, like the path of birds through the sky.
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Suffering does not befall him who is without attachment to names and forms.
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Awakening is natural,delusion is not.
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Look upon him who shows you your faults as a revealer of treasure: seek his company who checks and chides you, the sage who is wise in reproof: it fares well and not ill with him who seeks such company.
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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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Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.
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Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind.
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Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.
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When phenomena are individually analyzed as selfless, and what has been analyzed is meditated upon, that is the cause for attaining the fruit, nirvana. One does not go to peace through any other cause.
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As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.
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Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is pleasant.
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It is your mind that creates the world.
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Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.
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Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.
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Understand that the body is merely the foam of a wave, the shadow of a shadow.
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Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
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"Existence is sorrow." Understand, and go beyond sorrow. This is the way of brightness.
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Our own worst enemy cannot harm us as much as our unwise thoughts. No one can help us as much as our own compassionate thoughts.
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Teach you? I cannot teach you. Go; experience for yourself
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In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of his friend's evil deeds, he disapproves his friend's good deeds, he praises him in his presence, he speaks ill of him in his absence.
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A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
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It takes hundred of years sitting together in the same boat. It takes thousand of years sharing the same bed with. It calls : the predestined affinity.
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...One who possesses four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What four? Bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, mental good conduct, and gratitude or thankfulness. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there.