101 Buddha Quotes - Success Consciousness

101 Buddha Quotes

Published March 2012 Revised September 2018

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Preface

This book contains 101 of Buddha's quotes, collected from various sources. Each quote contains a wealth of wisdom, inspiration, and practical advice. Read the quotes, think about the wisdom they contain, or use them for meditation, and you will find inspiration, peace, and insight. Please note that since the quotes were collected from various sources, we are unable to confirm the authenticity of all the quotes. You may share this book with your family and friends, give it as a bonus to your website visitors or subscribers, and distribute it in any other way. However, this is a free eBook, and no payment should be charged for it. Remez Sasson

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Biography

Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, was born as a royal prince in a place called Lumbini, which was originally in northern India, but is now part of Nepal. His exact lifetime is uncertain, yet most historians date his lifetime from 563 BC to 483 BC.

The meaning of the word Buddha is "The Enlightened One", or "The Awakened One", and refers to one who has become enlightened. Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha of all eras.

Gautama enjoyed a comfortable upbringing, and when he reached the age of 16, his father arranged his marriage to his cousin. According to tradition, she gave birth to a son.

Siddhartha Gautama was provided with everything he could want or need. However, he was not satisfied with his life, and felt that material wealth was not his life's goal.

One day, he left the palace to see the world outside, and this brought him face to face with the sufferings of life, which he never knew before. The next day, at the age of twenty-nine, he left the palace to lead an ascetic life, with the determination to find the answer to the problem of human suffering.

For six years, Siddhartha Gautama followed ascetic practices, studying and following different methods of meditation, with various religious teachers. However, he was not satisfied, and felt that he had not found any real answer to the problem of human suffering.

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Next, he took his austerities even further, and tried to find enlightenment through deprivation of worldly goods, including food. After nearly starving, he decided that extreme asceticism didn't work for him, and adopted the path of moderation, which the Buddhists call "the Middle Way". According to tradition, it is said that at the age of thirty five Siddhartha Gautama sat under a tree, known as the Bodhi tree, and vowed not to get up until finding the truth. He sat and meditated, and after 49 days, he attained Enlightenment. From that time, Siddhartha Gautama became known as the Buddha, "The Enlightened One". The Buddha realized the cause of human suffering and the steps necessary to eliminate it. These discoveries became known as the "Four Noble Truths", and are the main tenets of Buddhism. For the remaining years, the Buddha traveled through the Indian subcontinent, teaching people the principles of the Buddhism.

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101 Buddha Quotes

1.He is able who thinks he is able. 2.The Way is not in the sky. The Way is in the

heart. 3.Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through

lack of zeal, knowledge is lost. 4.Being deeply learned and skilled, being well-

trained and using well-spoken words, this is good luck. 5.Happiness is a journey, not a destination. 6.Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others. 7.Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

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