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Buddha

died 483

Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, was a spiritual leader and the founder of Buddhism. He is known for his teachings on achieving enlightenment through meditation, mindfulness, and the Noble Eightfold Path. Buddha's teachings have had a profound influence on millions of followers around the world and continue to be a source of inspiration for many.

Anger is a hot coal you hold in your hand while waiting to throw it at someone else.

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You don’t have a Soul. You are a soul. You have a body.

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Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.

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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

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It is better to travel well than to arrive.

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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

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When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

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Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.

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The root of suffering is attachment.

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Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation (not available online, but in The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, page 868) has "attachment is the root of suffering

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

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Whatever you feel, you become. It is your responsibility.

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The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

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There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

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If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.

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Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

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Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful.

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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

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All that we are is the result of what we have thought

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He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.

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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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No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

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You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

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Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.

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To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

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The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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What we think, we become.

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Dhammapada, verse 1
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