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Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion ...
BUDDHA
Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way ...
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The ocean has only one taste, the taste of salt. Truth has only one taste, the taste of freedom.
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A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.
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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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