Asia Quote by Gautama Buddha

“(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.”

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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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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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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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