Should Quotes by Gautama Buddha

Man should make himself a lot of good karma.

— Gautama Buddha

Seeing the similarity to oneself, one should not use violence or have it used.

— Gautama Buddha

One should refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs.

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And so, with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings.

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Just as one can make a lot of garlands from a heap of flowers, so man, subject to birth and death as…

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All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to…

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Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day's life of one who…

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

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One way leads to acquisition, the other leads to nirvana. Realising this a monk should take no pleasure in the respect of…

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There are two things that we should avoid, oh disciple! A life of pleasures, that is low and vain. A life of…

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One way leads to acquisition, the other leads to nirvana. Realizing this a mon should take no pleasure in the respect of…

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It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is…

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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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Insignificant, is the loss of relatives, wealth and fame; The loss of wisdom is the greatest loss. Insignificant, is the increase of…

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Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so, brahmins, is…

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If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the…

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By three things the wise person may be known. What three? He sees a shortcoming as it is. When he sees it,…

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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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When you know for yourselves, 'These things are wholesome; these things are blameless; these things are praised by the wise; these things,…

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When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with…

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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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Without approval and without scorn, but carefully studying the sentences word by word, one should trace them in the Discourses and verify…

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So in this case, Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies,…

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A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead…

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In what is seen, there should be just the seen; In what is heard, there should be just the heard; In what…

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But if you miss it, you will next be confronted with the angry deities, ... threatening you and barring your passage ...…

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Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the…

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Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage…

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Like a mother who protects her child, her only child, with her own life, one should cultivate a heart of unlimited love…

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Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is…

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One should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should one incite another to kill. Do not…

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Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation…

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Any material form, or thought, or feeling, past or present, should be regarded as, 'This is not mine, this is not what…

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As a bee without harming the flower, its colour or scent, flies away, collecting only the honey, even so should the sage…

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Those who walk in the Way should avoid sensualism as those who carry hay would avoid coming near the fire.

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Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I,"…

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Though thousand times a thousand in battle one may conquer, yet should one conquer just oneself, one is the greatest conqueror.

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One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the Path.

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A contemplative should pay equal attention to concentration, energetic effort and equanimity, and not exclusively to one of these factors only.

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Man's troubles are rooted in extreme attention to senses, thoughts, and imagination. Attention should be focused internally to experience a quiet body…

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