• “‘As I am, so are they; as they are, so am I.’ Comparing others with oneself, do not kill nor cause others to kill.”
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• “A disciplined mind brings happiness.”
  
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• “A noble one produces an abundance of merit by having a compassionate mind towards all living beings.”
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• “A wise person should be urgently moved on occasions that make for urgency.”
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• “All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.”
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• “Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.”
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• “Conquer
  anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness
  with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth.”
  
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• “Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!”
  
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• “Give, even if you only have a little.”
  
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• “I do not dispute with the world; rather it is the world that disputes with me.”
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• “If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows them like a never-departing shadow.”
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• “In whom there is no sympathy for living beings: know him as an outcast.”
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• “It is in the nature of things that joy arises in a person free from remorse.”
  
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• “Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.”
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• “Meditate … do not delay, lest you later regret it.”
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• “One should train in deeds of merit—generosity, a balanced life, developing a loving mind—that yield long-lasting happiness.”
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• “Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.”
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• “Radiate boundless love towards the entire world…”
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• “See
  them, floundering in their sense of mine, like fish in the puddles of a
  dried-up stream — and, seeing this, live with no mine, not forming
  attachment for states of becoming.”
  
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• “Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let them resolutely pursue a solitary course.”
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• “Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.”
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• “Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing.”
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• “The
  one in whom no longer exist the craving and thirst that perpetuate
  becoming; how could you track that Awakened one, trackless, and of
  limitless range.”
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• “There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.”
  
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• “To
  support mother and father, to cherish partner and children, and to be
  engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.”
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• “Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.”
  
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• “Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing.”
  
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• “Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit.”
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• “Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is Awakened.”
  
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• “Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, upon hearing which one attains peace.”—
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• “It’s a good thing to be satisfied with what one has.” —
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• “Let
  none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions
  of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.”—
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• “Should
  someone do good, let them do it again and again. They should develop
  this habit, for the accumulation of goodness brings joy.”
  
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• “The Enlightened One is deep, boundless, hard to fathom, like the ocean.”
  
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• “The
  thing that is disliked by me is also disliked by others. Since I
  dislike this thing, how can I inflict it on someone else?”
  
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• “‘All conditioned things are impermanent’ — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.”
  
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• “‘As
  I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.’ Drawing the parallel to
  yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.”
  
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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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• “All
  tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of
  another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.”
  
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• “As
  a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere,
  so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.”
  
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• “As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.”
  
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• “Better
  it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a
  hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.”
  
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• “Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.”
  
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• “Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart: This is the teaching of the Buddhas.”
  
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• “Drop
  by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it
  little by little, fills himself with good.”
  
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• “Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.” T
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• “Having
  gone on his almsround, the sage should then go to the forest, standing
  or taking a seat at the foot of a tree. The enlightened one, intent on
  jhana, should find delight in the forest, should practice jhana at the
  foot of a tree, attaining his own satisfaction.”
  
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• “He
  who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will
  check snake’s venom that so quickly spreads, — such a monk gives up the
  here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.”
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• “I will not look at another’s bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed.”
  
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• “If
  a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried
  away by the current — how can he help others across?” –
  
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• “If
  they are neither traceable in the Discourses nor verifiable by the
  Discipline, one must conclude thus: ‘Certainly, this is not the Blessed
  One’s utterance’“
  
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• “Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.”
  
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• “Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.”
  
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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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• “Know
  from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow
  noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise.
  Whatever is full is quiet.”
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• “Let all-embracing thoughts for all beings be yours.”
  
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• “Let
  none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions
  of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone.”
  
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• “May all beings have happy minds.” —
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• “One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.”
  
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• “Over there are the roots of trees; over there, empty dwellings. Practice meditation, monks. Don’t be heedless.”
  
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• “Radiate
  boundless love towards the entire world — above, below, and across —
  unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.” –
  
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• “Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.”
  
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• “Should
  a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure
  therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.”
  
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• “Some do not understand that we must die, But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.”
  
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• “The
  calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should
  say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what’s pleasing, not
  displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false.” –
  
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• “The root of suffering is attachment.”
  
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• “The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.”
  
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• “They
  blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they
  blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is
  not blamed.”
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• “Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.”
  
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• “To
  support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be
  engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.”
  
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• “We
  will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by lovingkindness,
  make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves
  in it, and fully perfect it.”
  
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• “When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.”
  
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• “Whoever doesn’t flare up at someone who’s angry wins a battle hard to win.”
  
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• “You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.”
  
• The Buddha

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