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Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C
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And again, Subhuti, suppose a woman or a man were to renounce all their belongings as many times as there are grains of sand in the river Ganges ; and suppose that someone else, after taking from this discourse on dharma but one stanza of four lines,
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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
Anger
As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world
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As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.
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As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.
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As the Fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
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Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.
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Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.
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Because a Bodhisattva who gives a gift should not be supported by a thing, nor should he be supported anywhere.The great being should give gifts in such a way that he is not supported by the notion of a sign and why ? Because the heap of merit of tha
Gifts
Because not even the least dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called `utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical is that dharma and nothing is therein at variance. Therefore is it called `utmost, right and perfect enlighten
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Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words; This is good luck
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Being generous, just helping one's relatives and being blameless in one's actions; this is the best good luck.
GenerosityLuck
Beings are owners of their action, heirs of their action.
Action
Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide
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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
Common sense
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
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Better the man that conquer a thousand thousand men is the one who conquer one, himself.
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Born out of concern for all beings.
Concern
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it
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But to take refuge in the Buddha, the Dhammas and the Sangha and to see with real understanding the four noble truths
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