Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Cut down the forest, not just a tree. Out of the forest of desire springs danger. By cutting down both the forest of desire and the brushwood of longing, be rid of the forest, bhikkhus.
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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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Never by hatred is hatred appeased, but it is appeased by kindness. This is an eternal truth.
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It is easy to see the faults of others... it is hard to see our own.
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Teach you? I cannot teach you. Go; experience for yourself
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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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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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It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.
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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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Whatever grounds there are for making merit productive of a future birth, all these do not equal a sixteenth part of the liberation of mind by loving-kindness. The liberation of mind by loving-kindness surpasses them and shines forth, bright and brilliant.
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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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All that has been hidden is rising, there is no stopping it! These things you cannot hide: the sun, the moon, and TRUTH.
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An outside enemy exists only if there is anger inside.
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Through one all are known, through one all are also seen.
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Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.
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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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To know and not to use is not yet to know!
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Do not say anything harsh: what you have said will be said back to you.
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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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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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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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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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As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.
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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.