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Buddhism
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Buddha was born a prince. Seeing the suffering of the world he left his kingdom, family and friends to wander India as a roving monk.
He faced starvation, ridicule, and years of privations. He tried various sects, practices, and austerities.
Finally, in desperation, he sat beneath a bohdi tree with the resolve not to arise again until he was free. Grace and good luck opened him to silent joy.
Here are some quotes by the master which he has spoken in the years that followed:
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"All that we are arises with our thoughts'.
'With our thoughts we make the world."
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"Wanting nothing with all your heart
Stop the stream.
When the world dissolves everything becomes clear.
Go beyond this way or that way,,
To the farther shore where the world dissolves,
and everything becomes clear.
Beyond this shore and the farther shore,
Beyond the beyond,
Where there is no beginning, no end.
Without fear, go.
Meditate,
Live purely.
Be quiet.
Do your work, with mastery.
By day the sun shines,
And the warrior in his armor shines.
By night the moon shines,
And the master shines in meditation.
But day and night the man who is awake
Shines in the radiance of the spirit.
A master gives up mischief.
He is serene.
He leaves everything behind him.
He does not take offense
And he does not give it."
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"Matted hair or family or caste do not make a master
But the truth and goodness with which he is blessed.
Your hair is tangled and you sit on a deerskin.
What folly!
When inside you are ragged with lust."
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"Calmly He lets go of life,
of home and pleasure and desire.
Nothing of men can hold him.
Nothing of the gods can hold him.
Nothing in all creation can hold him."
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"And with great gladness
he knows that he has finished.
He has woken from his sleep."
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"In him there is no yesterday,
No tomorrow, no today.
Possessing nothing, wanting nothing."
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"He wants nothing from this world
and nothing from the next.
He is free.
Desiring nothing, doubting nothing,
beyond judgment and sorrow
and the pleasures of the senses,
He has moved beyond time.
He is pure and free."
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