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In order to meditate correctly, you must have knowledge.
Sep 17, 2025
With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.
In criticizing, the teacher is hoping to teach. That's all.
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.
In what is seen, there should be just the seen; In what is heard, there should be just the heard; In what is sensed, there should be just the sensed; In what is thought, there should be just the thought. He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak in the world.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
One should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should one incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak, in the world.
Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.
To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and this transformation depends upon meditation. in order to meditate correctly, you must have knowledge.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?
We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.
The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
According to Buddhist practice, there are three stages or steps. The initial stage is to reduce attachment towards life. The second stage is the elimination of desire and attachment to this samsara. Then in the third stage, self-cherishing is eliminated
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.
Conquer the angry man by love.
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride.
These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings, How much more so should you abandon bad states of mind!
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