By Buddha
The most widely read of the Buddha’s teachings, The Dhammapada includes sayings, answers to questions, and stories. It condenses and simplifies more complicated teachings as way of making them more accessible to the most readers, to not just monks and nuns but also to householders, politicians, to everyone.
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought… if we speak or act with a pure thought, happiness follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
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“Be a lamp for yourself, your own refuge...Look not outside yourself—to anyone beside yourself—but hold fast to the Truth as your lamp, your refuge.”
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“Don’t chase after fame, fortune, pleasure and power; but instead, find true joy.”
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“Genuineness is the path of immortality, thoughtlessness the path of death.”
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“He who knows he’s a fool is a wise man indeed.”
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“I am no one's servant. With what I have gained I wander freely in all the world, without being subservient to anyone. Therefore, if you'd like, rain O sky!”
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127. Self-Sufficiency
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“I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasure of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles.”
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44. Fame and Fortune
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“Life doesn't stay in place even for a moment.”
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“Like rain breaking through an ill-thatched house; ignorance, passion, and aggression will break through an unreflecting mind.”
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“No matter where or how far you wander, the light is only a split second, a half-breath away. It is never too late to recognize the clear light.”
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“Oneself is one's own refuge, what other refuge an there be?”
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“Our life is shaped by the mind, we become what we think.”
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“Seeing the meaningful as meaningful, and the meaningless as meaningless, one is capable of genuine understanding.”
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“Speak or act with an impure mind and trouble will follow you as the wheel follows the ox that draws the cart. Do so with a pure mind however and happiness will follow you like your shadow, unshakable.”
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“Those who imagine truth in lies and see lies in truth, only follow a meaningless path of unhappiness and suffering.”
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“Those who live for pleasure alone will certainly fall like weak trees in a great wind.”
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“We are what we think. All that we are arises with out thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.”
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“When you are living in darkness, why don't you look for the light?”
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“Your own worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your thoughts if left unguarded; but, if guarded, nothing or no one could help you as much—not even your mother or father.”
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