Gautama Buddha Quotes
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My whole life, I never spoke a single-word.
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Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others.
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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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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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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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If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.
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The wind cannot overturn a mountain. Temptation cannot touch the man Who is awake, strong and humble, Who masters hiself and minds the law.
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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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Silence is an empty space, space is the home of the awakened mind.
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Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
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Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not carried out by the speaker.
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Those who walk in the Way should avoid sensualism as those who carry hay would avoid coming near the fire.
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Hate never ends hate. Only love can.
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Through one all are known, through one all are also seen.
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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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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 trouble is you think you have time.
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Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.
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As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.
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Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.
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Consider Others as Yourself.
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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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At the end of the way is freedom. Until then, patience.
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With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate.