Gautama Buddha Quotes
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There's a treasury full of jade and jewels; It is in you. Don't go searching far from home for it-it's here.
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The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next.
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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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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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He who, calm and clear as the moon, hankers no more for continuity-he is holy.
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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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Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.
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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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As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on this earth.
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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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You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.
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Mind precedes all phenomena, mind matters most, everything is mind-made. If with an impure mind, you speak or act, then suffering follows you as the cartwheel follows the foot of the draft animal. If with a pure mind, you speak or act, then happiness follows you as a shadow that never departs.
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Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true.
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The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates all things, the mind creates all things.
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Live like a mighty river.
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Heaven and Hell are imaginary creation of ignorant minds.
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All acts of living become bad by ten things, and by avoiding the ten things they become good. There are three evils of the body, four evils of the tongue, and three evils of the mind.
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Nothing is to be clung to as I, me or mine.
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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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Analyzing through special insight and realizing the lack of inherent existence constitute understanding of the signless.
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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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Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood ; wise people fashion themselves.
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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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To awaken, sit calmly, letting each breath clear your mind and open your heart.