Buddha (Gautma Buddha)

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
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To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
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An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
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There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
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Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
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Believe nothing, O monks, merely because you have been told it � or because it is traditional, or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings�that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
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The man that conquers himself is superior to the one who conquers a thousand men in battle.
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The person who suffers most in this world is the person who has manywrong perceptions.... And most of our perceptions are erroneous.
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Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.
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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.
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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
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An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
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Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
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On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.
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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
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You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
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The point of the teachings is to control your own mind. Restrain your mind from greed, and you will keep your body right, your mind pure and your words faithful. Always thinking of the transiency of your life, you will be able to desist from greed and anger and will be able to avoid all evils.
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The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
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The Mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness.
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To live a single day and hear a good teaching is better than to live a hundred years without knowing such teaching.
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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
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Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart, give yourself to it.
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The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.
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Look within, thou art the Buddha.
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'He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me.' Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
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There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.
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Attachment is the source of all suffering.
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Thou one man conquers a thousand men, a thousand times in battle, he who conquers himself is the greatest warrior.
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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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He who never thinks of anything as mine' does not feel the lack of anything: he is never worried by a sense of loss.
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Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
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I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment.
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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
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Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.
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Three things cannot be long hidden, the sun, the moon, and the truth
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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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This existence of ours is as transient as Autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is a flash of lightning in the sky. Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.
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When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
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Think not lightly of evil, saying, 'It will not come to me.' Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills himself with evil.
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Though all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he no more comprehends the Truth than a spoon tastes the flavour of the soup.
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But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
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Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
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Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.
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When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
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Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
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As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
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A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.
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Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.
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He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
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Do not dwell in the past, do not dwell in the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
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Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.
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All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
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Thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.
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Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.
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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze.
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There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no escape from this here that is born, become, made and compounded.
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Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
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Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else.
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Everything changes, nothing remains without change.
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Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.
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Believe nothing, O monks, merely because you have been told it...or because it is traditional, or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings--that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
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All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
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It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
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Believe nothing merely because you have been told it...Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
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There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
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Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
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Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds.
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Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
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Let no sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou hast thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turned aside from rectitude? What have I been doing? What haveI left undone, which I ought to have done? Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.
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There are five things which no one is able to accomplish in this world: first, to cease growing old when he is growing old; second, to cease being sick; third, to cease dying; fourth, to deny dissolution when there is dissolution; fifth, to deny non-being.
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The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze.
-- Buddha

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
-- Buddha

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
-- Buddha

What we think, we become.
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Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.
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Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
-- Buddha

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.
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An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
-- Buddha

But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
-- Buddha

Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.
-- Buddha

When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
-- Buddha

It is better to travel well than to arrive.
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