Spiritual Buddhist Quotes

• According to Buddhist practice, there are three stages or steps. The initial stage is to reduce attachment towards life. The second stage is the elimination of desire and attachment to this samsara. Then in the third stage, self-cherishing is eliminated

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Attachment, Self

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.39, Penguin Books India

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• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

  Gautama Buddha

  Happiness, Happy, Buddhist

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• Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Life, Buddhist

  Gautama Buddha (2016). “Zen Dogs”, p.126, Mango Media Inc.

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• If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Men

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• Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Helping Others, Compassion

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• If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Thoughtful

  Gautama Buddha (2013). “The Dhammapada”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Selfless Giving

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• All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

  Gautama Buddha

  Karma, Buddhist, Attitude

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• The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.

  Gautama Buddha

  Motivational, Positive, Inspiring

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• It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

  Gautama Buddha

  Motivational, Positive, Inspiring

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• However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wise

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• Conquer the angry man by love.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhism, Men, Angry Man

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• Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Motivational, Relationship

  Gautama Buddha, “Joy”

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• Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

  Gautama Buddha

  Life, Wisdom, Spiritual

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• It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Struggle, Buddhism

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• I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

  Marie Curie

  Positive, Inspiring, Moving On

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• Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Helping Others

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• The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.

  Atisa

  Letting Go, Buddhism, Meditation

  "Perspectives on Mankind's Search for Meaning". Book by Walter Taminang, p. 63, 2008.

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• The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.

  Gautama Buddha

  Integrity, Buddhism, World

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• With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Wise, Buddhist

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• One should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should one incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak, in the world.

  Gautama Buddha

  Strong, Buddhism, World

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• The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

  Atisa

  Buddhism, Appearance, Things Are Not What They Seem

  "Perspectives on Mankind's Search for Meaning". Book by Walter Taminang, p. 63, 2008.

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• Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Inspiration, Buddhism

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• These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings, How much more so should you abandon bad states of mind!

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Teaching, Buddhism

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• Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Pride

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