Buddha
Gautama Buddha was a philosopher, teacher, and religious leader. "Buddha", meaning "awakened one" or "enlightened one" is a title, not a name; the Shakyamuni Buddha, whose original name was Siddhartha Gautama, was the founder of Buddhism.
Found 123 thoughts of Buddha
For all mortals, birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, sickness is suffering.
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A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
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To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.
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Ye must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways.
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Because not even the least dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called `utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical is that dharma and nothing is therin at variance. Therefore is it called `utmost, right and perfect enlightenment is fully known as the totality of all the wholesome dharmas
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My doctrine is not a doctrine but just a vision. I have not given you any set rules, I have not given you a system.
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Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.
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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
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Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.
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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
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All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
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The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.
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The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
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If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
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The mind is everything. What you think you become.
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Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
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However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
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What we think, we become.
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