Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Mutual respect and mutual listening are the foundations of harmony within the family.
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As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
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A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
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Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.
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To have much learning, to be skillful in handicraft, well-trained in discipline, and to be of good speech -- this is the greatest blessing.
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As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
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The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every man a true reflection of his own thoughts. Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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Abstain from all sinful, unwholesome actions, perform only pious wholesome ones, purify the mind; this is the teaching of enlightened ones.
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The heavens and the earth may be captured by the mind's eye.
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Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life.
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How can one ever know anything if they are too busy thinking?
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Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion.
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It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power.
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It is the fool who is haunted by fears, dread of dangers, oppression of mind, not the wise man.
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There is no satisfying the senses, not even with a shower of money. "The senses are of slight pleasure and really suffering." When a wise man has realised this, he takes no pleasure, as a disciple of the Buddhas, even in the pleasures of heaven. Instead he takes pleasure in the elimination of craving.
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All descriptions of reality are temporary hypotheses.
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People cleave to their worldly possessions and selfish passions so blindly as to sacrifice their own lives for them. They are like a child who tries to eat a little, honey smeared on the edge of a knife. The amount is by no means sufficient to appease his appetite, but he runs the risk of wounding his tongue.
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In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom.
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When you like a flower, you just pluck it. But when you love a flower, you water it daily.
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The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises and passes away.' When you see this, you are above sorrow. This is the shining way.
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Being generous and kindly in speech, doing a good turn for others, and treating all alike. One like this will be praised.
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For soon the body is discarded, Then what does it feel? A useless log of wood, it lies on the ground, Then what does it know? Your worst enemy cannot harm you As much as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, No one can help you as much, Not even your father or your mother.
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Nirvana is this moment seen directly. There is no where else than here. The only gate is now. The only doorway is your own body and mind. There’s nowhere to go. There’s nothing else to be. There’s no destination. It’s not something to aim for in the afterlife. It’s simply the quality of this moment.
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Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill – natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.