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14. SOME SAYINGS OF THE BUDDHA

Wisdom is purified by virtue and virtue is purified by wisdom.  Where there is one there is always the other. The virtuous person has wisdom and the wise person has virtue. A combination of the two is called the highest thing in the world. D.I,84

The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates them, they are all mind-made. If a person speaks or acts with a pure mind happiness will follow him like a shadow  that never leaves. Dhp.2

One should not blame another nor despise anyone anywhere for any reason. Do not wish pain on another out of either anger or rivalry. Sn.149

Just as the great ocean has but one taste, the taste of salt, so too this Dhamma has but one taste, the taste of freedom. Ud.56

It is easy to see the faults of others but it is hard to see one’s own. While winnowing others' faults like chaff we hide our own like a hunter concealing himself in a hide. Those who look to others’ faults only get irritable. Their negativities grow and are far from being destroyed. Dhp.252-3

Many garlands can be made from a heap of flowers. Likewise, many good deeds can be done by one born human. Dhp.53

When you speak to others you might speak at the right time or the  wrong time, according to the facts or not, gently or harshly, to the point or not, with a mind full of hate or full of love.  You should train yourselves like this:   ‘Our minds shall not be perverted nor shall we speak evil speech but with kindness and compassion we will live with a mind free from hatred and filled with love. We will live suffusing firstly one person with love and starting with them suffuse the whole world with a love that is expansive, pervasive, immeasurable and utterly devoid of hatred or enmity.’ This is how you should train yourselves. M.I,126

Sometimes  what one think will happen does not, and what one thinks  will never happen  does.  The  happiness  of  men  and  women  is  not  dependant  on   their expectations. Ja.VI,43

It is by three things that the wise person can be recognized. What three?  He sees his own faults as they are, on seeing them he tries to correct them, when others acknowledge their faults he forgives them. A.I,103

Cease  to  do  evil,  learn  to  do  good, purify the  mind.  This  is  the  teaching  of the Buddhas. Dhp.183

Learn this from the waters. In mountain clefts and chasms loud gush the streamlets. But great rivers flow silently. Empty things make a noise, the full is always quiet. The fool is like a half-filled pot, the wise person like a deep still pool. Sn.720-1

Even if low-down  criminals  were to cut you limb from limb with a double-handled saw, if you filled your mind with hatred you would not be practicing my teachings.

M.I,126

If the freedom of the mind brought about by love is cultivated and enhanced, always practised,  made  one's  vehicle  and  foundation,  strengthened,   consolidated  and properly undertaken, one will be blessed in these eleven ways. One sleeps happily, wakes  happily,  has  no  bad  dreams,  is  dear  to  humans,  dear  to  non-humans, cherished   by   the   gods,   protected   from    fire,   poison    and   weapons,   easily concentrated, has a radiant complexion, passes away peacefully and after death at the very least is reborn in heaven (责任编辑：admin)