Please explain again

Osho – Once it so happened that a man came every day for twenty-one days to hear Lao Tzu. Every day he would tell Lao Tzu, ”I have forgotten what you said yesterday. Please explain again”. This went on for a few days. Lao Tzu’s one disciple Ma Tzu could bear it no longer. On [...]

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Wrong does not exist .

Wrong exists not. Only God exists; the Devil is man’s creation. The third meaning of ‘dhamma’ can be God — but Buddha never uses the word ‘God’ because it has become wrongly associated with the idea of a person, and the law is a presence, not a person. Hence Buddha never uses the word ‘God’, [...]

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We are what we think -.The Dhammapada:

WE ARE WHAT WE THINK. ALL THAT WE ARE ARISES WITH OUR THOUGHTS. WITH OUR THOUGHTS WE MAKE THE WORLD. SPEAK OR ACT WITH AN IMPURE MIND AND TROUBLE WILL FOLLOW YOU AS THE WHEEL FOLLOWS THE OX THAT DRAWS THE CART. WE ARE WHAT WE THINK. ALL THAT WE ARE ARISES WITH OUR THOUGHTS. [...]

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Death is at Hand ?

You are  as the yellow leaf.The messengers of death are at hand.You are to travel far away.What will you take with you? You are the lampTo lighten the way.Then hurry, hurry.When your light shines Without impurity of desireYou will come into the boundless country.Your life is falling away.Death is at hand. Where will you rest [...]

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Gautam Buddha Dhammapada teachings on Desire

If you are filled with desire Your sorrows swellLike the grass after the rain.But if you subdue desireYour sorrows shall fall from youLike drops of water from a lotus flower. This is good counselAnd it is for everyone:As the grass is cleared for the fresh root,Cut down desireLest death after death crush youAs a river [...]

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Gautam Buddha: Dhammapada Discourses

If you determine your courseWith force or speed,You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly considerWhat is right and what is wrong.Receiving all opinions equally,Without haste, wisely,Observe the dharma. Who is wise,The eloquent or the quiet man?Be quiet,And loving and fearless.For the mind talks.But the body knows.Gray hairs do not make a master.A man may [...]

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Gautam Buddha Dhammapada Discourses

Let go of anger.Let go of pride.When you are bound by nothingYou go beyond sorrow.Anger is like a chariot careering wildly.He who curbs his anger is the true charioteer. Others merely hold the reins.With gentleness overcome anger.With generosity overcome meanness.With truth overcome deceit.Speak the truth. Give whenever you can,Never be angry.These three steps will lead [...]

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Dhammapada story of the Abusive Brothers

Once there was a Brahmin whose wife loved to praise and speak kindly of the Buddha. He did not mind it at first, but soon his wife’s increased fondness for the Buddha caused him to become jealous. One day he went to where the Buddha was staying, armed with a question he thought would leave [...]

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