Buddhist Quotes - Page 27

• Suffering does not befall him who is without attachment to names and forms.

  Gautama Buddha

  Attachment, Names, Suffering

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• The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change of temper.

  Gautama Buddha

  Change, Wise, Pain

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• The wise say that it is not an iron, wooden or fiber fetter which is a strong one, but the besotted hankering after trinkets, children and wives, that, say the wise, is the strong fetter. It drags one down, and loose as it feels, it is hard to break. Breaking this fetter, people renounce the world, free from longing and abandoning sensuality.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wise, Strong, Children

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• Cut down the forest, not just a tree. Out of the forest of desire springs danger. By cutting down both the forest of desire and the brushwood of longing, be rid of the forest, bhikkhus.

  Gautama Buddha

  Spring, Cutting, Justice

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• Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put them into practice.

  Gautama Buddha

  Beautiful, Flower, Practice

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• But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.

  Gautama Buddha

  Justice, Water, Sorrow

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• The person who masters himself through self-control and discipline is truly undefeatable.

  Gautama Buddha

  Self, Discipline, Masters

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• Don't blindly believe what I say. Don't believe me because others convince you of my words. Don't believe anything you see, read, or hear from others, whether of authority, religious teachers or texts.

  Gautama Buddha

  Teacher, Religious, Believe

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• Don't rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don't infer or be deceived by appearances.

  Gautama Buddha

  Logic, Appearance, Deceived

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• Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion.

  Gautama Buddha

  Giving Up, Way, Authority

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• Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good.

  Gautama Buddha

  Giving Up, Real, Embrace

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• When I was a young man, near the beginning of my life, I looked around with true mindfulness and saw that all things are subject to decay.

  Gautama Buddha

  Men, Mindfulness, Decay

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• Thus all things are subject to death, sorrow and suffering. I became aware that I too was of the same nature, the nature of beginning and end. What if I searched for that which underlies all creation, that which is nirvana, the perfect freedom from unconditioned existence?

  Gautama Buddha

  Perfect, What If, Suffering

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• After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.

  Gautama Buddha

  Reality, Clarity, Truth And Knowledge

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• I knew that most people never see this reality because they attach to the material aspect of the world. Illusions of self and other fill their vision. I also realized there are those with little dust limiting their vision.

  Gautama Buddha

  Reality, Self, Dust

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• It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is possible.

  Gautama Buddha

  Real, Joy, Suffering

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• For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in.

  Gautama Buddha

  Giving Up, Doors, Ears

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• It is in this way that I went forth to teach.

  Gautama Buddha

  Way, Teach

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• Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will awaken, and become a guide to those in need, revealing the path to many.

  Gautama Buddha

  Dwelling, Sorrow, Free Yourself

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• As a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of evil; as a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of good.

  Gautama Buddha

  Evil, Water, Buckets

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• It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear.

  Gautama Buddha

  Pain, Ignorance, Greatest Fear

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• Those who speak much are blamed, those who speak little are blamed. In this world there are none who are not blamed. Try not to blame.

  Gautama Buddha

  Trying, World, Littles

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• You must take action yourself, for Buddhas only teach the way.

  Gautama Buddha

  Way, Action, Teach

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• How does one practice mindfulness? Sit in meditation. Be aware of only your breath.

  Gautama Buddha

  Practice, Meditation, Doe

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• Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires.

  Gautama Buddha

  Feelings, Desire, Mindfulness

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