Gautama Buddha Quotes About Suffering
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The root of suffering is attachment
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A fool thinks it like honey so long as the bad deed does not bear fruit, but when it does bear fruit he experiences suffering.
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It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.
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As solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise.
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Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.
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Thoughtfulness is the way to deathlessness, thoughtlessness the way to death. The thoughtful do not die: the thoughtless are as if dead already.
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Your suffering is my suffering and your happiness is my happiness.
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I do not perceive even one other thing, O monks, that when undeveloped and uncultivated entails such great suffering as the mind. The mind when undeveloped and uncultivated entails great suffering.
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Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so, brahmins, is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering. One should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.
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Attachment is the source of all suffering.
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The gift of the Truth beats all other gifts. The flavour of the Truth beats all other tastes. The joy of the Truth beats all other joys, and the cessation of desire conquers all suffering
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Mind precedes all phenomena, mind matters most, everything is mind-made. If with an impure mind, you speak or act, then suffering follows you as the cartwheel follows the foot of the draft animal. If with a pure mind, you speak or act, then happiness follows you as a shadow that never departs
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Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.
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If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
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He who walks in the company of fools suffers much. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful. Company with the wise is pleasure, like meeting with kinfolk.
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I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering.
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It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests.
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For all mortals, birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, sickness is suffering.
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'I've got children', 'I've got wealth.' This is the way a fool brings suffering on himself. He does not even own himself, so how can he have children or wealth?
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May all that have life be delivered from suffering.
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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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One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the Path.
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Suffering is wishing things were other than they are.
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Do not close your eyes before suffering. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, Including personal contact and visits, images, sound. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.
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What's done to the children is done to society.
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The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.
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What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering.
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The holy man is beyond time, he does not depend on any view nor subscribe to any sect; all current theories he understands, but he remains unattached to any of them.
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A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
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The world is full of suffering. Birth is suffering, decre- pitude is suffering, sickness and death are sufferings. To face a man of hatred is suffering, to be separated from a beloved one is suffering, to be vainly struggling to satisfy one's needs is suffering. In fact, life that is not free from desire and passion is always involved with suffering.
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