Gautama Buddha Quotes
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Cultivation of meditative stability alone, will not destroy the discrimination of inherent existence. Afflictive emotions can return, making all sorts of disturbances.
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All human unhappiness comes from not facing reality squarely, exactly as it is.
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All rising to great places is by a winding stair.
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There are, O monks, these four lights. What four? The light of the moon, the light of the sun, the light of fire, and the light of wisdom. Of these four lights, the light of wisdom is supreme.
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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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Long is the night for the sleepless. Long is the road for the weary. Long is samsara (the cycle of continued rebirth) for the foolish, who have not recognised the true teaching.
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Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will for seven days appear to you in their benign and peaceful aspect. Their light will shine upon you, ... Wonderful and delightful though they are, The Buddhas may nevertheless frighten you. Do not give in to your fright! Do not run away! Serenely contemplate the spectacle before you! Overcome your fear, and feel no desire! Realize that these are the rays of the grace of the Buddhas, who come to receive you into their Buddha-realms. Pray to them with intense faith and humility.
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To abstain from lying is essentially wholesome.
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In protecting oneself, others are protected; In protecting others, oneself is protected.
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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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As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
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He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, - such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
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The end of desire is the end of sorrow.
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Each day of my life I am sowing seeds that one day I will harvest.
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Goodwill toward all beings is the true religion; cherish in your hearts boundless goodwill to all that lives.
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The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates all things, the mind creates all things.
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Pain in life is inevitable but suffering is not. Pain is what the world does to you, suffering is what you do to yourself by the way you think about the 'pain' you receive. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. You can always be grateful that the pain is not worse in quality, quantity, frequency, duration, etc
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Wakefulness is the way to life. The fool sleeps As if he were already dead, But the master is awake And he lives forever.
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The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next.
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Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
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The one who wanders independent in the world, free from opinions and viewpoints, does not grasp them and enter into disputations and arguments. As the lotus rises on its stalk unsoiled by the mud and the water, so the wise one speaks of peace and is unstained by the opinions of the world.
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Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.
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Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form.
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He who is kind to animals heaven will protect.