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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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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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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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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There is no fire like passion. There is no shark like hatred. There is no snare like folly. There is no torrent like greed.
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He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake’s venom that so quickly spreads — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
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One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand men on the battlefield. Be victorious over yourself and not over others.
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What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.
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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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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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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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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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Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.
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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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As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
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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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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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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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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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There is no fire like passion. There is no shark like hatred. There is no snare like folly. There is no torrent like greed.
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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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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
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They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed.
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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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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
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Before giving, the mind of the giver is happy; while giving, the mind of the giver is made peaceful; and having given, the mind of the giver is uplifted.
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Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart: This is the teaching of the Buddhas.
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He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest.
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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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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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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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Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart: This is the teaching of the Buddhas.
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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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One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.
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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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As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I. Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.
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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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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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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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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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One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand men on the battlefield. Be victorious over yourself and not over others.
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Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
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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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Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.
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One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand men on the battlefield. Be victorious over yourself and not over others.
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They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed.
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As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.
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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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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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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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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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To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.
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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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Be truthful; do not yield to anger. Give freely, even if you have but little. The gods will bless you.
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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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Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
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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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