Gautama Buddha Quotes, Kings Quotes, Lakes Quotes

I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake on Earth as a drop of oil on my foot.

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Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.

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Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy.

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And he who has considered all the contrasts on this earth, and is no more disturbed by anything whatever in the world, the Peaceful One, freed from rage, from sorrow, and from longing, he has passed beyond birth and decay.

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Wish I am free from barriers when I die, and Buddha will welcome me from far away.

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We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

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Meat-eating is condemned by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Sravakas; if one devours meat out of shamelessness he will always be devoid of sense.

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Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned.

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When you know for yourselves, 'These things are wholesome; these things are blameless; these things are praised by the wise; these things, if undertaken and practiced, lead to welfare and happiness,' then you should engage in them.

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Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood ; wise people fashion themselves.

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Do not learn how to react. Learn how to respond.

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Believe there is good in the world.

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Beings are owners of their actions, heirs of their actions; they originate from their actions, are bound to their actions, have their actions as their refuge. It is action that distinguishes beings as inferior and superior.

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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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No light is brighter than wisdom. Wisdom is the light in the world.

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Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds.

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A person creates what they defend against.

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He who, calm and clear as the moon, hankers no more for continuity-he is holy.

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Dispassion is the best of mental states. . . .

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When one is overcome by this wretched, clinging desire in the world, one's sorrows increase like grass growing up after a lot of rain.

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