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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What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?
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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 the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
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The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.
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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
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The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
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The stages of the Noble Path are: Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Behavior, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.
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Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
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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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Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds.
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Reverence, humility, contentment, gratitude and hearing the good Dhamma, this is the best good luck
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Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.
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Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.