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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I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.
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He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
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A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.
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Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.
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Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
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I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.
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The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.
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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
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He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.
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Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
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When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
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The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.