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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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
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Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
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He is not the same, nor is he another.
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He is able who thinks he is able.
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Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.
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It is better to travel well than to arrive.
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You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
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On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith, will be such as have honoured many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, such as have planted their roots
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As the Fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
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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.
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As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.
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There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.