Teachings of Buddha: More Buddha Quotes ...

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1) "Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the
life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared."
- Buddha


2) "Peace comes from within.
Do not seek it without."
~Buddha~


3) If you can't find the truth right where you are, where else do you
think you will find it?
- Buddha

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7) Boddhisatta or Arahant is praised by The Buddha?
Anguttara Nikaya Sutta 1.13.1
`Monks, there is one person whose birth into the world is for the welfare of many folk, for the happiness of many folk : who is born out of compassion for the world, for the profit, welfare of devas and mankind. Who is that one person? It is a Tathagatha who is Arahant, a fully Enlightened One. This, monks is that one person.

`Monks, I do not know of any other single person who so perfectly keeps rolling the wheel supreme of Dhamma set rolling by the Tatagatha as doth Sariputta. Sariputta, monks, is the one who perfectly keeps rolling…' Chief among those great wisdom is Sariputta … of supernormal powers is Great Moggallana … who uphold minute observance of forms is Kassapa the Great … who are clairvoyant, is Anuruddha … who are wide knowledge, is Ananda … of retentive memory, is Ananda … of good behaviour, is Ananda

8) Anguttara Nikaya Sutta 2.12.1 - 'The believing monk, if he would aspire perfectly, should thus aspire : May I be like Sariputta and Mongollana. Monks, these are a sort of scale and standard (whereby estimate) my disciples who are monks,- namely,Sariputta and
Mongollana.

9) Anguttara Nikaya Sutta 2.6 - `Monks, these two persons born into the world are born to the profit and happiness of many, to the profit, happiness and welfare of many folk. What two? A Tatagatha, an Arahant who is a Fully Enlightened One, and a world-ruling monarch. These are two so born. Monks, these two persons born into the world are worthy of a relic shrine. What two? (As above) Monks, these two are enlightened. What two? A Tatagatha, an Arahant who is a Fully Enlightened One, and one enlightened for himself.

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10) Meditate.
Live purely.
Be quiet.
Do your work with mastery.
Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds!
Shine.
- Buddha


11) "The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for
the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate
troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."
- The Buddha


12) "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."
- Buddha 'The Enlightened One'

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13) Having slain anger,
one sleeps soundly;
Having slain anger,
one does not sorrow;
The killing of anger,
With its poisoned root and honeyed tip:
This is the killing the noble ones praise,
For having slain that,
one does not sorrow.
- Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"


14) You should know that all things in the world are impermanent; coming together inevitably means parting. Do not be troubled, for this is the nature of life. Diligently practicing right effort, you must seek liberation immediately. Within the light of wisdom, destroy the darkness of ignorance. Nothing is secure. Everything in this life is precarious.
~ Buddha ~


15) Just as a monkey roaming through the forest grabs hold of one branch, lets that go and grabs another, then lets go and grabs still another, so too that which is called "mind" and "mentality" and "consciousness" arises as one thing and ceases as another by day and by night.
- Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"

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16) "Believe nothing,
no matter where you read it,
or who said it,
no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."
- Buddha (563BC-483BC)


17) Whatever is not yours, abandon it.
When you have abandoned it, that will lead to your welfare and
happinesss.
- Buddha, "Connected Discourses of the Buddha"


18) A hundred thousand elephants,
A hundred thousand horses,
A hundred thousand mule-drawn chariots,
Are not worth a sixteenth part Of a single step forward.
- Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"

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19) The Buddha taught:

"Do not pursue the past.
Do not lose yourself in the future.
The past no longer is.
The future has not yet come.
Looking deeply at life as it is.
In the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and
freedom.
We must be diligent today.
To wait until tomorrow is too late.
Death comes unexpectedly.
How can we bargain with it?
The sage calls a person who knows how to dwell in mindfulness night
and day 'one who knows the better way to live alone.'"
- "Bhaddekaratta Sutta," translated by Thich Nhat Hanh


20) "We are shaped by our thoughts.
We become what we think."
- Buddha


21) The pleasure and joy that arise in dependence on the eye:
this is the gratification in the eye.
That the eye is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change:
this is the danger in the eye.
The removal and abandonment of desire and lust from the eye:
this is the escape from the eye.
- Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"

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22) "We do not learn by experience, but by our capacity for
experience."
- Buddha


23) Buddha offers some advice:
"Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it."


24) "Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good
deeds."
- Buddha

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25) "There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to
truth:
not going all the way and not starting."
- Buddha


26) Thus said Buddha:
'No sin is so great that a person cannot be purified of it.
Imagine that you had murdered several Buddhas;
you could still be purified.'
(Dhammapada 295)


27) A jug fills drop by drop.
- Buddha

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28)
Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it.
Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held.
Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books.
Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin.
Believe nothing just because someone else believes it.
Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.
- The Buddha [paraphrased]


29) An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild
beast;
a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your
mind.
(Buddha)


30) Your body is precious.
It is your vehicle for awakening.
Treat it with care.
~ The Buddha ~