Gautama Buddha Quotes, Heart Quotes, Joy Quotes

Joy and openness come from our own contented heart.

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Believe there is good in the world.

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There is no satisfying the senses, not even with a shower of money. "The senses are of slight pleasure and really suffering." When a wise man has realised this, he takes no pleasure, as a disciple of the Buddhas, even in the pleasures of heaven. Instead he takes pleasure in the elimination of craving.

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Seeing the Way is like going into a dark room with a torch; the darkness instantly departs, while the light alone remains. When the Way is attained and the truth is seen, ignorance vanishes and enlightenment abides forever.

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The big belly can accommodate all kinds of things. The benevolence is never let a dust behind.

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Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear themselves out

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When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with him, for the evil-doer is insulting himself by trying to insult you.

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When a man makes utensils out of a metal which has been thoroughly cleansed of dross, the utensils will be excellent. You monks, who wish to follow the Way, make your own hearts clean from the dirt of evil passion, and your conduct will be unimpeachable.

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To be concerned with the issue; soul versus non-soul, is to be in bondage to craving for becoming and non-becoming.

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Whenever and wherever one encounters the arising and passing away of the mental-physical structure, one enjoys bliss and delight, which lead on to the deathless stage experienced by the wise

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Monks, we who look at the whole and not just the part, know that we too are systems of interdependence, of feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and consciousness all interconnected. Investigating in this way, we come to realize that there is no me or mine in any one part, just as a sound does not belong to any one part of the lute.

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Wonder of wonders! Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, endowed with wisdom and virtue, but because men's minds have become inverted through delusive thinking they fail to perceive this.

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Give the people - confidence. Give the people - delight. Give the people - hope. Give the people - the best.

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Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they teach.

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We are what we think.

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The Tathagatha... is the originator of the path unarisen before, the producer of the path unproduced before, the declarer of the path undeclared before. He is the knower of the path, the discoverer of the path, the one skilled in the path. And his disciplines now dwell following that path and become possessed of it afterwards.

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Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

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The more completely we give of ourselves, the more completely the world gives back to us.

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Follow not after the vain, understand the ills of sense pleasures. One who is vigilant and meditative, obtains deep joy.

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My teaching is not a philosophy. It is the result of direct experience... My teaching is a means of practice, not something to hold onto or worship. My teaching is like a raft used to cross the river. Only a fool would carry the raft around after he had already reached the other shore of liberation.

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