Gautama Buddha Quotes, Wise Quotes, Compassion Quotes

If one doth act in friendly wise, With no evil thought toward any single creature, And in so doing becometh proper, And if he have compassion in his soul Toward all living beings--this noble one Doth acquire abundant Virtue.

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You are as the yellow leaf. The messengers of death are at hand. You are to travel far away. What will you take with you? You are the lamp To lighten the way. Then hurry, hurry. When your light shines.

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The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness by what it chooses to compare the experience with. If it chooses to compare it to something worse then it will create happiness, gratitude and pride but if it chooses to compare it to something better then it will create unhappiness, bitterness and envy.

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I do not fight with the world but the world fights with me.

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To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.

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You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger... Let a man overcome anger by love.

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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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Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others - he does not partake of the blessings of the holy life.

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The end of desire is the end of sorrow.

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Just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed, Examine my words carefully and Do not accept them simply out of respect

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How does one practice mindfulness? Sit in meditation. Be aware of only your breath.

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In the end it is nothing other than the loving kindness with which the woman cares for her child that makes the difference. Her concern concentrates on one thing just like the Buddhist practice of concentration. She thinks of nothing but her child, which is similar to Buddhist compassion. That must be why, although she created no other causes to bring about it, she was reborn in the Brahma heaven.

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For innumerable reasons, Mahamati, the Bodhisattva, whose nature is compassion, is not to eat any meat.

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Those who awaken never rest in one place. Like swans, they rise and leave the lake. On the air they rise and fly an invisible course. Their food is knowledge. They live on emptiness. They have seen how to break free. Who can follow them?

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I manifested in a dreamlike way to dreamlike beings and gave a dreamlike Dharma, but in reality I never taught and never actually came.

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All life is temporary Why worry about anything that's only temporary

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There are no chains like hate...dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.

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Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.

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In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of his friend's evil deeds, he disapproves his friend's good deeds, he praises him in his presence, he speaks ill of him in his absence.

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You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. See how you love.

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