Gautama Buddha Quotes About Spiritual Buddhist
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It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.
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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?
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Conquer the angry man by love.
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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.
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The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
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Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
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It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
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Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
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If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.
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In what is seen, there should be just the seen; In what is heard, there should be just the heard; In what is sensed, there should be just the sensed; In what is thought, there should be just the thought. He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak in the world.
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The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
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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.
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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
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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.
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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.
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