As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world


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BUDDHA
From the Dharma should one see the Buddhas, From the dharma-bodies come their guidance. Yet dharma's...
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The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
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On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the ...
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Health is the first benefit. Content is the fortune. Friendliness is the first kindness. Nirvana is ...
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Wish I am free from barriers when I die, and Buddha will welcome me from far away. - Buddha
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To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good l...
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All beings are not only the parents in the past. They will become the Buddha in the future. If you f...
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Prefer the afterlife is better than this one. Never let this life is better than next one. - Buddha
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giving the best to others are giving the best to ourselves. The value of life is not based on how lo...
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Give the people --- confidence. Give the people --- delight. Give the people --- hope. Give the peop...
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Why since I am myself subject to birth, ageing, disease, death, sorrows and defilement, do I seek af...
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Nothing is permanent.
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The good shine from afarLike the snowy Himalayas.The bad don't appearEven when near,Like arrows shot...
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Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water un...
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Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you mer...
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The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And...
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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you ...
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There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
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There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that ...
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To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.
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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it...
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Inward calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and intelligently replenishe...
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And again, Subhuti, suppose a woman or a man were to renounce all their belongings as many times as ...
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But to take refuge in the Buddha, the Dhammas and the Sangha and to see with real understanding the ...
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Known they are, Subhuti, to the Tathagata through his Buddha-coginition. Seen they are, Subhuti, by ...
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Embrace nothing:
If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha.
If you meet your father, kill yo...
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True Friends like ivy and the wall, both stand together, and together fall.
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Better the man that conquer a thousand thousand men is the one who conquer one, himself.
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In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own mi...
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Laugh a lot, and when you're older, all your wrinkles will be in the right places
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