‘All conditioned things are impermanent’ — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.
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If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across?
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Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened.
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Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.
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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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Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.
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Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.
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Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.
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As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
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As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
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Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
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As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
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Train your eyes and ears; train your nose and tongue. The senses are good friends when they are trained. Train your body in deeds, train your tongue in words, train your mind in thoughts. This training will take you beyond sorrow.
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Don’t run after pleasure and neglect the practice of meditation. If you forget the goal of life and get caught in the pleasures of the world, you will come to envy those who put meditation first.
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Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well-spoken words: this is good luck.
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An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
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Health is the best gift, contentment the best wealth, trust the best kinsman, nirvana the greatest joy. Drink the nectar of the dharma in the depths of meditation, and become free from fear and sin.
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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
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Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit.
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Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox.
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Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.
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It is better to do nothing, than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.
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Let him not deceive another nor despise anyone anywhere. In anger or ill will let him not wish another ill.
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Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well-spoken words: this is good luck.
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Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.
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We will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by loving kindness, make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves in it, and fully perfect it.
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Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit.
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Your own self is your master; who else could be? With yourself well controlled, you gain a master very hard to find.
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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
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Health is the best gift, contentment the best wealth, trust the best kinsman, nirvana the greatest joy. Drink the nectar of the dharma in the depths of meditation, and become free from fear and sin.
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The one in whom no longer exist the craving and thirst that perpetuate becoming; how could you track that Awakened one, trackless, and of limitless range?
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If you meditate earnestly, pure in mind and kind in deeds, leading a disciplined life in harmony with the dharma, you will grow in glory. If you meditate earnestly, through spiritual disciplines you can make an island for yourself that no flood can overwhelm.
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Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.
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Good people keep on walking whatever happens. They do not speak vain words and are the same in good fortune and bad. If one desires neither children nor wealth nor power nor success by unfair means, know such a one to be good, wise, and virtuous.
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Whatever living beings there may be — feeble or strong, long, stout, or of medium size, short, small, large, those seen or those unseen, those dwelling far or near, those who are born as well as those yet to be born — may all beings have happy minds.
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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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Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is Awakened.
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The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.
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An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
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Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.
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Conquer anger through gentleness, unkindness through kindness, greed through generosity, and falsehood by truth.
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Not by rituals and resolutions, nor by much learning, nor by celibacy, nor even by meditation can you find the supreme, immortal joy of nirvana until you extinguish your self-will.
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The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.
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Like someone pointing to treasure is the wise person who sees your faults and points them out. Associate with such a sage.
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Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
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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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As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
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Offend in neither word nor deed. Eat with moderation. Live in your heart. Seek the highest consciousness. Master yourself according to the law. This is the simple teaching of the awakened.
#buddha #hindu #quotes #wisdom #spirituality #philosophy
All conditioned things are impermanent—when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.
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You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.
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All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
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If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
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