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Buddhism Quotes by Gautama Buddha

78 Buddhism quotes by Gautama Buddha

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Watch the thought and its ways with care, letting love for all beings guide you toward gentle action. The quotes teach that the secret of existence is to have no fear and that attachment is the root of suffering. They also advise testing ideas with observation and reason, not just believing because others have said them.

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What you think you become.

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Conquer the angry man by love.

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The root of suffering is attachment

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Concentrate the mind on the present moment.

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You are all the Buddha.

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After enlightenment, the laundry.

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Look within, thou art the Buddha.

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Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.

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It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

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Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.

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To understand everything is to forgive everything.

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The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.

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There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know.

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All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

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“Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.”

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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

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“When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.”

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There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks…

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Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done…

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You yourself must make an effort. Buddhas are only show the way. The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the…

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“I shall live here in the rains, There in winter, Elsewhere in summer," muses the fool, Not aware of the nearness of…

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Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.

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Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good…

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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…

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“Among all the sutras I have expounded, Lotus Sutra is the first and foremost! If you are able to uphold the Lotus…

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The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you…

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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees…

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The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into…

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The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises…

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Because not even the least Dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical…

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These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states…

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In the end it is nothing other than the loving kindness with which the woman cares for her child that makes the…

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“So too, friend, purification of virtue is for the sake of reaching purification of mind; purification of mind is for the sake…

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“Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through…

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Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind…

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“Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, birth stories, marvels, and answers to questions–but having learned…

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“Suppose a man threw into the sea a yoke with one hole in it, and the east wind carried it to the…

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“Jīvaka, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, heard, or suspected…

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“Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors…

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If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

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Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter.

For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.

Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to…

Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.

So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that…

If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all.

Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.

One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy.

He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.

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The fool says, "These are my sons, this is my land, this is my money." In reality, the fool does not own himself, much…