Accepting Quote by Gautama Buddha

“Just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed, Examine my words carefully and Do not accept them simply out of respect”

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Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary.

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Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter.

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For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.

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Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to…

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Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.

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Pain is the outcome of sin.

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It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.

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So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that…

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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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Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.

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One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy.

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Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.…

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This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.

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We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if…

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Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life.

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It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.

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No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

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Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check.…

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Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and…

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