Gautama Buddha Quotes
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"All is passing". When one realises this, he sits loose to this world of sorrow : This is the way of purity.
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All beings are not only the parents in the past. They will become the Buddha in the future. If you free their lives, you are Buddha.
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Pain is the outcome of sin.
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Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.
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Do not believe anything because it is said by an authority, or if it is said to come from angels, or from Gods, or from an inspired source. Believe it only if you have explored it in your own heart and mind and body and found it to be true. Work out your own path, through diligence.
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There are friendships to one who lives in society; thus our present grief arises from having friendships; observing the evils resulting from friendship, let one walk alone like a rhinoceros.
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Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful. He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.
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Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
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Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others.
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Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.
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Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.
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They who imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth will never arrive at the truth.
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Though thousand times a thousand in battle one may conquer, yet should one conquer just oneself, one is the greatest conqueror.
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He who lives with his senses well controlled, moderate in his food and drink, he will not be overthrown, any more than the wind throws down a rocky mountain.
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Through one all are known, through one all are also seen.
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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.
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All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
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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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...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.
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We will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis.
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I know what I gave them; I don't know what they received.
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If a man who has committed many a misdemeanor does not repent and cleanse his heart of the evil, retribution will come upon his person as sure as the streams run into the ocean which becomes ever deeper and wider. If a man who has committed a misdemeanor come to the knowledge of it, reform himself, and practise goodness, the force of retribution will gradually exhaust itself as a disease gradually loses its baneful influence when the patient perspires.
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The man that is dominated by Anger Doth not know what is seemly and seeth not the Law; That man whom Hate doth accompany, Becometh like unto murky darkness.
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At the end of the way is freedom. Until then, patience.