Gautama Buddha

Spiritual Teacher

Gautama Buddha was a spiritual leader whose teachings on suffering and enlightenment form the foundation of Buddhism, influencing millions worldwide.

Born
circa 563 BCE
Died
circa 483 BCE
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"All that has been hidden is rising, there is no stopping it! These things you cannot hide: the sun, the moon, and TRUTH."

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"Everything is extraordinarily clear. I see the whole landscape before me, I see my hands, my feet, my toes, and I smell the rich river mud. I feel a sense of tremendous strangeness and wonder at being alive. Wonder of wonders."

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"As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts."

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"Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness."

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"Perfect wisdom, Perfect tranquility,Perfect compassion,arise fromOur love,Our sincerity.Our understanding."

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"If dresses would have qualified people, then whores would have ruled the world."

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"Whatever grounds there are for making merit productive of a future birth, all these do not equal a sixteenth part of the liberation of mind by loving-kindness. The liberation of mind by loving-kindness surpasses them and shines forth, bright and brilliant."

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"A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated - this is the greatest blessing."

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"Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation."

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"Suffering, if it does not diminish love, will transport us to the furthest shore."

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"All things that are born must die. Work hard for your own freedom from sorrow."

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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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"Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm."

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"Don't indulge in careless behaviour. Don't be the friend of sensual pleasures. He who meditates attentively attains abundant joy."

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"It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof."

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"All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to all."

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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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