Quotes 21 till 40 of 109.
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As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.
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As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.
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As the Fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
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Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.
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Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
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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.
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Believe nothing, O monks, merely because you have been told it or because it is traditional, or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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Can there be joy and laughter When always the world is ablaze? Enshrouded in darkness Should you not seek a light?
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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the goo
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Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.
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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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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
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Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
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Everything changes, nothing remains without change.
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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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Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
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He is not the same, nor is he another.
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He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.
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