Gautama Buddha Quotes
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And he who has considered all the contrasts on this earth, and is no more disturbed by anything whatever in the world, the Peaceful One, freed from rage, from sorrow, and from longing, he has passed beyond birth and decay.
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If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
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Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.
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As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.
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Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labors are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted. It is like unto burning an incense stick. However much its pleasing odor be admired, the fire that consumes is steadily burning up the stick.
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If you can keep as silent as a broken gong, then you have attained, when you know no anger.
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Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, there is no fraud. Hence the Tathagata is to be seen from no-marks as marks.
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Come, live with the doors of the senses guarded, diligent and mindful, vigilant and mindful, with the ways of the mind well watched, possessed of a mind that is awake and observing.
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The non-doing of any evil, the performance of what's skillful, the cleansing of one's own mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened.
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If dresses would have qualified people, then whores would have ruled the world.
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Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.
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Let us live in joy, never falling sick like those who hate us. Let us live in freedom, without hatred even among those who hate.
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It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare there is the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world and the path leading to the cessation of the world.
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Your actions are your only true belongings.
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What is most needed is a loving heart.
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Mankind have love, animals have affection. The harmonious and beautiful world is revealed.
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All composite things pass away. Strive for your own liberation with diligence.
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How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.
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Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.
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The root of suffering is attachment
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To be selfish, greedy and unwilling to help the needy gives rise to future starvation and clothlessness.
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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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The Four Reliances. First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words; Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher; Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation; And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.
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I knew that most people never see this reality because they attach to the material aspect of the world. Illusions of self and other fill their vision. I also realized there are those with little dust limiting their vision.
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Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden spoon cannot recognise the flavour of the soup.
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We begin to die from the moment we are born, for birth is the cause of death. The nature of decay is inherent in youth, the nature of sickness is inherent in health, in the midst of life we are verily in death.
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Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.
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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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Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say this, Mahamati, it is not to be eaten.
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Wherever you live is your temple, if you treat it like one.
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