Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Buddha


I wonder is there ANYTHING in what the Buddha said or did that any sane person could object to?

  • “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
  • “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.”
  • “Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering.”
  • “He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.”
  • “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
  • “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
  • “Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”
  • “Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”
  • “The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”
  • “The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.”

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