Ignorance Quotes by Gautama Buddha

16 Ignorance quotes by Gautama Buddha

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Buddha taught that ignorance fuels suffering, and these sixteen sayings cut straight to the heart of that truth. They serve as quiet prompts for mindfulness and the release of delusion.

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Wisdom makes light the darkness of ignorance.

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The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.

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In compassion lies the world's true strength.

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The darkest night is ignorance.

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The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure.

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May I hold myself in compassion. May I meet the suffering and ignorance of others with compassion.

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In his ignorance of the whole truth, each person maintains his own arrogant point of view.

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An ignorant man ages like an ox. His flesh may increase, but not his understanding.

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Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the…

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A fool who recognises his own ignorance is thereby in fact a wise man, but a fool who considers himself wise -…

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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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Understand the suffering of worldly existence. Abandon its causes of ignorance and selfishness. Practice the path of meditation and compassion. Awaken from…

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Seeing the Way is like going into a dark room with a torch; the darkness instantly departs, while the light alone remains.…

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Whatsoever misfortunes there are Here in this world or in the next, They all have their root in Ignorance And in the…

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I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful…

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Monks, when ignorance is abandoned, and knowledge arises in the monk, with the ending of ignorance and the arising of knowledge he…

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