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563 BC–544 BC India
Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit/Devanagari: सिद्धार्थ गौतम Siddhārtha Gautama, c. 563/624 – c. 483/544 BCE) or Siddhattha Gotama in Pali,; also called the Gautama Buddha, the Shakyamuni Buddha ("Buddha, Sage of the Shakyas") or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was a monk (śramaṇa), mendicant, sage, philosopher, teacher and religious leader on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the northeastern part of ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE.
Also known as: Buddha, Buddha, Gautama, Gautama, Gotama Buddha, Guatama Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha
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To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006)
As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth, a trusted friend is the best relative, Nibbana is the greatest bliss.
Not by birth does one become an outcaste, not by birth does one become a brahman. By one's action one becomes an outcaste, by one's action one becomes a brahman.
“Well, Lord, is the soul the same as the body, is the soul one thing and the body another?”
Conquer anger with love, evil with good, meanness with generosity, and lies with truth.
Listen well, listen well, and mull it over in your thoughts!
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, And the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
When we reach enlightenment we and the world become one, and there is no duality.
Hatred has never stopped hatred. Only love stops hate. This is the eternal law.
For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahāmati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.
The innumerable worlds in the cosmos are like the eyes of the net. Each and every world is different, its variety infinite. So too are the Dharma Doors (methods of cultivation) taught by the Buddhas.
Sutra Translation Committee of the US and Canada (2000)
Any kind of material form whatever, whether past, future, or present, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near, all material form should be seen as it actually is with proper wisdom thus: “This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.”
The female's defects—greed, hate, and delusion and other defilements—are greater than the male's.
One who eats meat kills the seed of great compassion.
Arouse your energy for the attainment of the as-yet-unattained, for the achievement of the as-yet-unachieved, for the realization of the as-yet-unrealized.
Monks, a lay follower should not engage in five types of business. Which five? Business in weapons, business in human beings, business in meat, business in intoxicants, and business in poison.
Having abandoned false speech, the recluse Gotama abstains from falsehood. He speaks only the truth, he lives devoted to truth; trustworthy and reliable, he does not deceive anyone in the world.
If, Mahāmati, meat is not eaten by anybody for any reason, there will be no destroyer of life.
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