Gautama Buddha
Indian spiritual teacher, born in Lumbini in the Terai, whose teaching formed the foundation of Buddhist philosophy; he wrote nothing, and his words were passed down orally for at least three centuries.
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From the book The Dhammapada, as preserved in the Pali canon9 korrents
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What we are results from what we have thought; acting from an evil thought brings pain after it
Their wordsAll that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.
↗The Dhammapada, as preserved in the Pali canon (tr. F. Max Müller, 1881)gutenberg.org All 9 from this book
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Their wordsFor hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.
↗The Dhammapada, as preserved in the Pali canon (tr. F. Max Müller, 1881)gutenberg.org All 9 from this book
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Their wordsEarnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvana), thoughtlessness the path of death. Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are as if dead already.
↗The Dhammapada, as preserved in the Pali canon (tr. F. Max Müller, 1881)gutenberg.org All 9 from this book
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Our reading
Do not take evil-doers or low people for friends; have the virtuous, the best of people, for friends
Their wordsDo not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.
↗The Dhammapada, as preserved in the Pali canon (tr. F. Max Müller, 1881)gutenberg.org All 9 from this book
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Their wordsIf one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors.
↗The Dhammapada, as preserved in the Pali canon (tr. F. Max Müller, 1881)gutenberg.org All 9 from this book
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Their wordsBy oneself the evil is done, by oneself one suffers; by oneself evil is left undone, by oneself one is purified. Purity and impurity belong to oneself, no one can purify another.
↗The Dhammapada, as preserved in the Pali canon (tr. F. Max Müller, 1881)gutenberg.org All 9 from this book
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Their wordsNot to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind, that is the teaching of (all) the Awakened.
↗The Dhammapada, as preserved in the Pali canon (tr. F. Max Müller, 1881)gutenberg.org All 9 from this book
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Their wordsLet a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth!
↗The Dhammapada, as preserved in the Pali canon (tr. F. Max Müller, 1881)gutenberg.org All 9 from this book
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Their wordsYou yourself must make an effort. The Tathagatas (Buddhas) are only preachers.
↗The Dhammapada, as preserved in the Pali canon (tr. F. Max Müller, 1881)gutenberg.org All 9 from this book
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