"Come and see...place no head above your own"
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Gautama Buddha quotes (page 54 of 59)
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"Look not for refuge to anyone beside yourself. Heed fast to the truth as a lamp."
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"Just as a chariot is verbalized, in dependence on collections of parts, so conventionally a sentient being, is set up depending on the mental and physical aggregates"
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"Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma. Now I, joyfully and fearlessly, In the midst of the bodhisattvas Frankly casting aside my expedient devices, Merely preach the Unexcelled Path."
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"If I had even a slight awareness, and practiced the Great Way, what I would fear would be deviating from it."
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"Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear."
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"I, ever knowing the living beings Who tread the Path and those who do not In response to those who may be saved Preach to them a variety of dharmas, Each time having this thought: 'How may I cause the beings To contrive to enter the Unexcelled Path and quickly to perfect the Buddha-body?'"
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"To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat... the food of the wise is that which is consumed by the sadhus [holymen]; it does not consist of meat... There may be some foolish people in the future who will say that I permitted meat-eating and that I partook of meat myself, but... meat-eating I have not permitted to anyone, I do not permit, I will not permit meat-eating in any form, in any manner and in any place; it is unconditionally prohibited for all."
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"A great gift - a gift of Dharma conquers all gifts."
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"Just as one can make a lot of garlands from a heap of flowers, so man, subject to birth and death as he is, should make himself a lot of good karma."
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"Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village."
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"It is easy to see the faults of others... it is hard to see our own."
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"Not even death can wipe out our good deeds"
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"It is because of their tranquil thoughts That creatures go to prosperity."
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"Whenever and wherever one encounters the arising and passing away of the mental-physical structure, one enjoys bliss and delight, which lead on to the deathless stage experienced by the wise"
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"The Beautiful chariots of kings wear out, This body too undergoes decay. But the Dhamma of the good does not decay: So the good proclaim along with the good."
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"Just as you have come to know, the false discrimination of yourself, apply this mentally to all phenomena"
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"When you have great joy, you will become Buddhas!"
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"Do not accept what you hear by report, do not accept tradition, do not accept a statement because it is found in our books, nor because it is in accord with your belief, nor because it is the saying of your teacher. Be lamps unto yourselves. Those who, either now or after I am dead, shall rely upon themselves only and not look for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who shall reach the topmost height."
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"O seeker! Rely on nothing until you want nothing."
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