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Buddha Quotes
«It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare there is the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world and the path leading to the cessation of the world»
«Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. All the beings in the world. One should create such a determination that `I will lead all of them into nirvana'.»
«Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.»
«As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.»
«The example of the raft shows dharmas should be treated as provisional, as means to an end. The same holds good of emptiness too, the negation of dharmas. This corollary has elsewhere been illustrated by the simile of medicine which can heal any ill»
Author: Buddha
| About:
Example
| Keywords:
corollary, elsewhere, emptiness, illustrate, illustrated, illustrates, illustrating, provisional, raft, rafts, simile, similes, The Raft, treated
«It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (languor), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or the decisions taken by the board in particular areas.»
Author: Buddha
| About:
Death and dying,
Health,
Life
| Keywords:
areas, board, Board of, decisions, in particular, languor, performance, relate, surprising, welter, weltering
«To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.»
Author: Buddha
| Keywords:
bring, come to, control, discipline, enjoy, enlightenment, family, family man, First Ones, good health, health, naturally, One Family, the Enlightenment, virtue
«Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that `I must lead all the beings to nirvana, into that realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind'. What is this realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind ?»
Author: Buddha
| About:
Paradise
| Keywords:
Bodhisattva, nirvana, realm, set out, vehicle, what is this
