Gautama Buddha Quotes
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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 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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If people become accustomed to lying, they will unconsciously commit every possible wrong deed. Before they can act wickedly, they must lie and once they begin to lie they will act wickedly without concern.
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Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.
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The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates all things, the mind creates all things.
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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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One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming other living beings.
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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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The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next.
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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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Through our senses the world appears. Through our reactions we create delusions.Without reactions the world becomes clear.
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He who is kind to animals heaven will protect.
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When one is overcome by this wretched, clinging desire in the world, one's sorrows increase like grass growing up after a lot of rain.
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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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They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma. Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.
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When a man makes utensils out of a metal which has been thoroughly cleansed of dross, the utensils will be excellent. You monks, who wish to follow the Way, make your own hearts clean from the dirt of evil passion, and your conduct will be unimpeachable.
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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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Whoever sees me sees the teaching, and whoever sees the teaching sees me.
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If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say he will really be liberated.
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Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way.
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An unreflective mind is a poor roof. Passion, like the rain, floods the house. But if the roof is strong, there is shelter. Whoever follows impure thoughts Suffers in this world and the next. In both worlds he suffers And how greatly.
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Joyful is the accumulation of good work.
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He who, calm and clear as the moon, hankers no more for continuity-he is holy.
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True and lasting inner peace can never be found in external things. It can only be found within in. And then, once we find and nurture it with ourselves, it radiates outward.