Gautama Buddha Quotes, Teacher Quotes, Buddhist Quotes

Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to and take as your guide.

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With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear.

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Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.

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Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful. He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.

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Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.

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If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

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Resolutely train yourself to attain peace

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Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.

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I will purify my bodily actions through repeated reflection. I will purify my verbal actions through repeated reflection. I will purify my mental actions through repeated reflection. That's how you should train yourself.

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I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

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Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace.

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If you don't see God in the next person you meet, look no further.

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By whomsoever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin (holy man) who is guarded in these three.

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Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister.

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The gift of truth excels all other gifts.

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Radiate boundless love towards the entire world - above, below, and across - unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.

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In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

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Through effort you will cross any raging flood, through energy you will pass any sorrow.

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When one drives away the negligent through vigilance, he climbs the heights of wisdom, and can see the suffering masses. Serene, you look upon the lost like one that stands on a mountain sees those that stand upon the plain.

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Until he has unconditional and unbiased love for all beings, man will not find peace.

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