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MAHATH VACHANAGHAL Quotes Budhan First Edition: February, 2013 Second Edition: August, 2019 ISBN : 978-93-81788-85-1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, Stored in a retrieval system. or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Publisher. Cover & Layout : Bineesh K Purakkal

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Blessed are those who attained Buddhahood. They are worthy to light for the eternal freedom of fellowbeing. Right knowledge has lightned his understanding.

Men in their fear fly for refuge to mountain caves, or forests. But those are not a safe refuge, they are not the refuge that frees man from sorrow. Your refuge is within you.

Breeze blowing. wind chimes the feel of sun on your face. Sit quietly-be. May you find tranquility in all the little moments of your day.

There is no fire like lust. There is no evil like hate. There is no pain like disharmony. There is no joy like Nirvana.

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If you can be in silent quietness like a broken bell, you have reached the peace of NIRVANA.

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shared by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.

When a fool does evil work, he forgets that he is lighting a fire wherein which he must burn one day.

He who for the sake of happiness hurts others who also wants happiness, shall not hereafter find happiness.

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Do not believe in traditions just because they have been handed down for many generations.

Neither in the sky, nor deep in the sea, nor in a cave, a man be free from evil he has done.

Better than a thousand useless words is one single word that gives peace.

Only a moment paid reverence to a self-conquering man, have greater value than a hundred years of offerings.

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The mind is everything. What you think you become.

An enemy can hurt an enemy, but a man’s own mind, wrongly directed, can do him a far greater harm.

If a man puts on the pure yellow robe with a soul which is impure, he is not worthy of the holyrobe.

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.

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A man is not old and venerable because grey hairs are on his head. If a man is old only in years then he is indeed old in vain.

Mules when trained are good, and so are noble horses of sindh. Strong elephants when trained are good; but the best is the men who trains himself.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care. For people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

Who is tolerant to the intolerant, peaceful to the violent, free from greed with the greedyhim I call a Brahmin.

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