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Merely Quotes by Gautama Buddha
- Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves…
- Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma. Now I, joyfully…
- Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.
- Why are you so sure parallel lines exist? Believe nothing, merely because you have been told it, or because it is traditional, or because you…
- Understand that the body is merely the foam of a wave, the shadow of a shadow.
- Not merely by rules of conduct and religious observances, nor by much learning either, nor even by attainment of concentration, nor by sleeping alone, do…
- Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.
- Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel.…
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