teaching of the buddha
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Teaching of the Buddha for the buddhist.TRANSCRIPT
“A gift of dhamma conquers all gifts”
Thought-habits can harden into character.
So watch your thoughts.
( Buddha )
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A good friend who points out
mistakes and imperfections
and rebukes evils is to be
respected as if reveals
a secret of hidden treasure.
( Buddha )
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Conquer a liar with truth.
( Buddha )
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Better than a thousand hallow words
is one word that brings peace.
( Buddha )
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An idea that is developed and put
into action is more important than an idea that
exists only as an idea
( Buddha )
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A man is not to be considered
a good man just because he is an able talker.
( Buddha )
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Wise persons are diligent persons.
( Buddha )
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A generous heart is good for the
right sort of people.
( Buddha )
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A very able man directs
the unruly thoughts properly.
( Buddha )
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Know well what leads you forward
and what hold you back,
and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
( Buddha )
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To the one who endures,
The final victory comes.
( Buddha )
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The words we utter should be
Chosen with care,
For people will hear them and
be influenced by them for good or ill.
( Buddha )
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One had better refrain from incorrect speech.
( Buddha )
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Work out your own salvation.
Do not depend on others.
( Buddha )
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Proper efforts at being mindful
Culminate In Samadhi ( absorption )
( Buddha )
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He who loves 50 people has 50 problems;
he who loves no one has no problems.
( Buddha )
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Hatred does not cease by hatred,
but only by love;
this is the law of the universe.
( Buddha )
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One should learn to watch
And examine carefully.
( Buddha )
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However many wholesome words
you read and speak,
what good will they do you
if you do not act sagaciously on them?
( Buddha )
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He who envies of others does not obtain
full peace of mind.
( Buddha )
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Happiness can be the outcome of doing good.
( Buddha )
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Whose body is calmed,
experiences ease more easily.
( Buddha )
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Wrong views are essentially unwholesome.
( Buddha )
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Only the experience of nirvana makes it
Comprehensible to the wise.
( Buddha )
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To keep the body in good health is a good task.
Otherwise we shall not be able to keep
our mind strong and clear.
( Buddha )
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Being undisturbed and very steadfast of mind is
a gain to be used or directed toward
Great Deliverance.
( Buddha )
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How few here see clearly!
( Buddha )
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You yourself, as much as anybody
in the entire universe deserve
your love and affection.
( Buddha )
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Faithfulness is essentially very good.
( Buddha )
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Perfect ones have pointed out the way.
( Buddha )
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Few are the people
who make it to heaven unaided.
( Buddha )
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Doubt can be a poison that disintegrates
Friendships and breaks up pleasant relations,
thorn that irritates and hurts.
( Buddha )
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Neither overrate nor underestimate
what you have received.
( Buddha )
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Your body is precious.
It is our vehicle for awakening.
Treat it with care.
( Buddha )
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A family is a place where minds come in
contact with another.
if these minds love one another
the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden
but if these minds get out of harmony
with one another it is like
a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
( Buddha )
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Though all his life a fool associates with a wise man,
he may no more comprehend the truth than
a spoon tastes the flavor of the soup.
( Buddha )
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One should strive to understand
what underline sufferings and diseases
and aim for health and wellbeing
while gaining in the path.
( Buddha )
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One life’s journey
( certain) deeds are a shelter.
( Buddha )
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Of all the worldly passions,
lust is the most intense.
Make proper use of it.
( Buddha )
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Avoid evil deeds as a man
who loves life avoids poison.
( Buddha )
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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.
( Buddha )
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One should refrain from
Intoxicating drinks and drugs.
( Buddha )
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One should understand
according to reality and true wisdom.
( Buddha )
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Giving properly means doing so confidently
and without too much encumberments.
( Buddha )
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Living well favors a serene
death and rebirth in a happy state.
( Buddha )
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Death is not to be feared so much by
One who has lived wisely.
( Buddha )
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Avoid aiming at the ruin of others.
( Buddha )
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The way is not in the sky.
The way is in the heart.
( Buddha )
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A good path is free from torture
and groaning and suffering.
( Buddha )
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One is to cultivate the seven factors of
Enlightenment : mindfulness,
Investigation into phenomena,
Energy, bliss tranquility,
Concentration, and equanimity.
( Buddha )
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Right conduct is to form a proper
Livelihood to prosper by.
( Buddha )
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Strive to be true
To the best you know.
( Buddha )
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We are shaped by
our thoughts to some extent.
( Buddha )
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Right focus brings about reality.( Buddha )
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Be greatly aware of the presents.
( Buddha )
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Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn’t learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little,
and if we didn’t learn a little, at least
we didn’t get sick,
and if we got sick, at least
we didn’t die;
so let as all be thankful.
( Buddha )
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Profound truth, so difficult to perceive,
difficult to understand,
tranquilizing and sublime,
is not to be gained by mere reasoning
and is perceived only by the wise.
( Buddha )
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Whatever, after due examination
and analysis, you find to be kind,
conducive to the good,
the benefit, the welfare of all beings;
believe and cling to that doctrine,
and take it as your guide.
( Buddha )
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Dhamma darna
by Sympathy
May you all be happy now and forever…