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title: "6 Attain Buddhahood Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [To attain Buddhahood ... we must scatter this life's aims and objects to the wind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/to-attain-buddhahood-we-must-scatter-this-life-s-aims-and-objects-to/)

[Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/)

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> [So it is not a matter of whether it is possible to attain Buddhahood, or if it is possible to make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/so-it-is-not-a-matter-of-whether-it-is-possible-to-attain-buddhahood/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

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> [Sitting peacefully on a cushion day and night seeking to attain Buddhahood, rejecting life and death in hopes of realizing enlightenment, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shoitsu-omatsu/sitting-peacefully-on-a-cushion-day-and-night-seeking-to-attain/)

[Shoitsu Omatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shoitsu-omatsu/)

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> [May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/may-all-beings-everywhere-plagued-with-sufferings-of-body-and-mind/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [Our Essence of Mind is intrinsically pure, and if we knew our mind and realized what our nature is, all of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/our-essence-of-mind-is-intrinsically-pure-and-if-we-knew-our-mind-and/)

[Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/)

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> [“If ye realize the Emptiness of All Things, Compassion will raise within your heart; If ye lose all differentiation between yourselves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milarepa/if-ye-realize-the-emptiness-of-all-things-compassion-will-raise/)

[Milarepa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milarepa/)

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