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Bhikkhu Inspirational Quotes (1294)

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When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice.
Shunryu Suzuki
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Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone they cease. This is an ancient Law.
Gautama Buddha
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Do not be amazed by the true dragon.
Dogen
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By giving away food we get more strength. By bestowing clothing on others we gain more beauty. By donating abodes of purity and truth we acquire great treasures.
Gautama Buddha
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There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger of heart, And no joy like the joy of freedom. Health, contentment and trust Are your greatest possessions, And freedom your greatest joy. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way.
Gautama Buddha
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Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not a person sees the bamboo's shadow, One sometimes hears the pieces being moved.
Bai Juyi
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Do not regret the past. Look to the future.
Soyen Shaku
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But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.
Gautama Buddha
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Treat others with respect. How you treat others will be how they treat you.
Gautama Buddha
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A strip of water's spread in the setting sun, Half the river's emerald, half is red. I love the third night of the ninth month, The dew is like a pearl the moon like a bow.
Bai Juyi
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Whatever you think you are, that's not what you are.
Ajahn Sumedho
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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Gautama Buddha
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Through true honestydeeply believethat all sentient-beings are one.That all beings have the sametrue nature,wisdom,virtue.
Gautama Buddha
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Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it.
Gautama Buddha
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Form is emptiness, emptiness is form
Gautama Buddha
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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
Dogen
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Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.
Gautama Buddha
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A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
Dogen
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This is my child, this is my wealth: such thoughts are the preoccupations of fools. If we are unable to own even ourselves, why make such claims?
Gautama Buddha
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Life is uncertain death is certain.
Gautama Buddha
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The nature of ignorance is to lack deep communication with nature or with the universe. It is to separate, to isolate, to create discrimination and differences, so that finally we cannot communicate as a harmonious whole. These differences we create appear as fighting, anger, hatred, and war.
Dainin Katagiri
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Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires.
Gautama Buddha
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When mountains and waters are painted, blue, green, and red paints are used, strange rocks and wondrous stones are used, the four jewels and the seven treasures are used. Rice-cakes are painted in the same manner. When a person is painted, the four great elements and five skandhas are used.
Dogen
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Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way.
Gautama Buddha
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