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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As the Fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
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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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To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck.
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The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
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This Ariyan Eightfold Path, that is to say: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.
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Think not lightly of evil, saying, 'It will not come to me.' Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills himself with evil.
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This indeed is a safe refuge, it is the refuge supreme. It is the refuge whereby one is freed from all suffering.
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A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
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Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
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Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.
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Seeking but not finding the house builder I travelled through life after life. How painful is repeated birth! House-builders, you have now been seen. You will not build the house again
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Reverence, humility, contentment, gratitude and hearing the good Dhamma, this is the best good luck
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All acts of living become bad by ten things, and by avoiding the ten things they become good. There are three evils of the body, four evils of the tongue, and three evils of the mind.
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You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.