Pain is certain; suffering is optional.
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Siddhartha
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Ancient monk, living from donations.
If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
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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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All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
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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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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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‘All conditioned things are impermanent’ — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.
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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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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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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
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Nothing is forever except change.
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Not by rituals and resolutions, nor by much learning, nor by celibacy, nor even by meditation can you find the supreme, immortal joy of nirvana until you extinguish your self-will.
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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
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Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
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True love is born from understanding.
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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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What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.
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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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Life is suffering.
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