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Desire Quotes by Gautama Buddha

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Gautama Buddha teaches that desire and the senses bring only fleeting pleasure and deep suffering. He likens desire to a rushing river and an illusionary net that traps us. He says true happiness appears when we drop ego and let go of wanting, becoming free like an arahant.

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The hunger of passions is the greatest disease.

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The end of desire is the end of sorrow.

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Live joyfully, without desire.

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If desires are not uprooted, sorrows grow again in you.

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Free from passion and desire, you have stripped the thorns from the stem.

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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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Craving brings pain; craving brings fear. If you do not yield to craving, you will be free from pain and fear

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When we free ourselves of desire, we will know serenity and freedom.

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There is no fire like passion. There are no chains like hate. Illusion is a net, Desire is a rushing river.

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When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace.

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Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

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Sit Rest Work. Alone with yourself, Never weary. On the edge of the forest Live joyfully, Without desire.

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It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the…

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“A man asked Gautama Buddha, "I want happiness." Buddha said, "First remove "I," that's Ego, then remove "want," that's Desire. See now…

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The gift of the Truth beats all other gifts. The flavour of the Truth beats all other tastes. The joy of the…

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In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not…

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From craving arises sorrow, from craving arises fear, but he who is freed from craving has no sorrow and certainly no fear.

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Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires.

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Do not vainly lament, but do wonder at the rule of transiency and learn from it the emptiness of human life. Do…

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But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop…

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One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should…

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Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful.…

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If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from…

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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…

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Men are tied up to their families and possessions more helplessly than in a prison. There is an occasion for the prisoner…

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In exactly the same way, ... scatter your body, your feeling, your perception, your predispositions, your discriminative consciousness, break them up, knock…

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“Through the round of many births I roamed without reward, without rest, seeking the house-builder. Painful is birth again & again. House-builder,…

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There is no satisfying the senses, not even with a shower of money. "The senses are of slight pleasure and really suffering."…

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Surely if living creatures saw the results of all their evil deeds, they would turn away from them in disgust. But selfhood…

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When a man is stimulated by his own thoughts, full of desire and dwelling on what is attractive, his craving increases even…

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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…

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Those who act with few desires are calm, without worry or fear.

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Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.

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I am, I am not, I will be, I will not be are vein thoughts which is a sickness and once all…

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Happy indeed are the arahants! No craving can be found in them. Cut off is the conceit 'I am,' Burst asunder is…

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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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All have I overcome, all do I know. From all am I detached. All have I renounced. Wholly absorbed am I in…

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Just as a tree, though cut down, can grow again and again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same…

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The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change…

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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…

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