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“According to the Buddha’s teachings, the most basic condition for happiness is freedom. Here we do not mean political freedom, but freedom from the mental formations of anger, despair, jealousy, and delusion. These mental formations are described by the Buddha as poisons. As long as these poisons are still in our heart, happiness cannot be possible.”
― Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
― Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
“If a person has faith, Bhāradvāja, he preserves truth when he says: 'My faith is thus'; but he does not yet come to the conclusion: 'Only this is true, anything else is wrong.' In this way, Bhāradvāja, there is the preservation of truth; in this way he preserves truth; in this way we describe the preservation of truth. But as yet there is no discovery of truth.”
― The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
― The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
“Self-love is the foundation for your capacity to love the other person. If you don’t take good care of yourself, if you are not happy, if you are not peaceful, you cannot make the other person happy. You cannot help the other person; you cannot love. Your capacity for loving another person depends entirely on your capacity for loving yourself, for taking care of yourself. Healing”
― Anger
― Anger
“Though, I was born a Hindu, I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu”
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
“Jīvaka, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, heard, or suspected [that the living being has been slaughtered for oneself]. I say that meat should not be eaten in these three instances. I say that there are three instances in which meat may be eaten: when it is not seen, not heard, and not suspected [that the living being has been slaughtered for oneself]. I say that meat may be eaten in these three instances.”
― The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
― The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
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