Buddha
Buddha
Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, was an asceticand sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE...
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compassion indian-leader others poor rich suffer
Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
cease ceases hatred indian-leader
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
beings impartial indian-leader life looks sees self unity
He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
body good health mind shall strong
To keep the body in good health is a duty...otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
cannot path spirit-and-spirituality travel until
You cannot travel on the path until you become the path itself.
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Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.
anger believe common indian-leader matter reason unless
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
beings belief believe cling conducive doctrine due education merely respect teacher tells welfare
Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
alone man men rather walk
With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.
determination sure walks
He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.
good indian-leader principle solitary
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
alone beings broken ignorance obtained shut universal universe
Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood.
indian-leader wicked
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
chaos indian-leader inherent strive
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.