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The founder of Buddhism, he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree and spent his life teaching the path to liberation from suffering. His teachings, known as the Dharma, outline the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path as a guide to achieving Nirvana. Emphasizing mindfulness, ethical conduct, and wisdom, his philosophy advocates for a Middle Way between self-indulgence and self-mortification. His profound influence continues to shape spiritual practice and ethical conduct across various cultures.

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Buddha
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The founder of Buddhism, he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree and spent his life teaching the path to liberation from suffering. His teachings, known as the Dharma, outline the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path as a guide to achieving Nirvana. Emphasizing mindfulness, ethical conduct, and wisdom, his philosophy advocates for a Middle Way between self-indulgence and self-mortification. His profound influence continues to shape spiritual practice and ethical conduct across various cultures.

A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him. Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!

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To be selfish, greedy and unwilling to help the needy gives rise to future starvation and clothlessness.

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Know what you do not know.

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There are no chains like hate... dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.

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Only he who crosses the stream of life wishes to know what is known as unknowable.

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Doubt everything. Find your own light.

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Let go the past, let go the future, and let go the present (front, back, middle). Crossing to the farther shore of existence, with mind released everywhere, do not further undergo birth and decay.

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A great gift - a gift of Dharma conquers all gifts.

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By your own efforts waken yourself, watch yourself. And live joyfully.

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Suffering is wishing things were other than they are.

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Noble friends and companions are the whole of the holy life.

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When you come upon a path that brings benefit and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through the stars.

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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love.

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Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds.

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A good horse runs with seeing just the shadow of the whip.

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Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

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Flower and thorn are in the same stem.

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Let yourself be open and life will be easier.

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When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease.

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Make of yourself a light.

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Even loss and betrayal can bring us awakening.

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Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

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Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.

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