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Letter "B" » Buddha Quotes
«This life of separateness may be compared to a dream, a phantasm, a bubble, a shadow, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.»
Author: Buddha
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Keywords:
bubble,
bubbled,
bubble up,
bubbling,
compared,
dew,
dews,
drop,
flash,
flashed,
flashing,
in a flash,
lightning,
phantasm,
separateness,
shadow,
This Life
«They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma.»
Author: Buddha
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Keywords:
achieve,
called,
Dharma,
following,
guardians,
lead,
nonviolent,
resort,
resorted,
resorting,
resort to,
right and wrong,
The Guardian,
violence
«You only lose what you cling to.»
«Those who by form did see me and those who followed me by voice. Wrong the efforts they engaged in, those people will not see me.»
Author: Buddha
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Keywords:
Did,
efforts,
engaged,
followed,
form,
People Are Wrong,
The Voice of the People,
voice,
voiced,
voice over,
wrong
«As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.»
Author: Buddha
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Keywords:
Archer,
archers,
arrows,
carpenters,
carve,
carves,
Into the Woods,
lead,
lead on,
make,
make water,
minds,
shape,
straight,
straighter,
take water,
their,
The Archer,
The Archers,
The Carpenters,
want,
water,
where,
wise,
wised,
wise up,
wood
«Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison»
«Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.»
Author: Buddha
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Keywords:
external,
externals,
fast,
height,
holding,
hold fast,
in height,
lamp,
lamps,
not for,
reach,
refuge,
therefore,
topmost
«To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.»
Author: Buddha
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Keywords:
come short,
death,
diligent,
foolish,
for short,
idle,
idled,
idling,
is a,
road,
Road of Life,
short,
shorts,
short I,
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way,
way of life,
wise
«To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear. Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.»
Author: Buddha
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About:
Health
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Keywords:
body of water,
clear,
duty,
flower,
good health,
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lamp,
lotus,
lotus flower,
otherwise,
surrounds,
The Body,
trim,
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trims,
wet,
wets,
wetted,
wetter,
wetting
«Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.»
Author: Buddha
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Keywords:
calm,
calmed,
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calmest,
calming,
calms,
contentment,
fruit,
fruit tree,
fruit trees,
root,
temperance,
Tree