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"A solid rock is not disturbed by the wind; even so, a wise person is not agitated by praise or blame." – ~Dhammapada

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Ah, so happily we live, without hate among those who hate. Among people who hate, we live without hate. ~Dhammapada

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"They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed." The Dhammapada

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"A solid rock is not disturbed by the wind; even so, a wise person is not agitated by praise or blame." – Dhammapada

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"They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed." ~Dhammapada

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"Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all." The Buddha

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Its easy to do what is not good and things that harm oneself. Its very difficult to do things beneficial and good. ~Dhammapada

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To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.

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"They blame him who sits silent, they blame him who speaks much, they also blame him who says little; there is no one on earth who is not blamed" Buddha - The Dhammapada

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"All beings tremble before violence. All fear death. All love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?'

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"If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him." ~Dhammapada

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"Vajrasana" the spot where the Siddhartha Gautama attained the Buddhahood.

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No matter how educated, talented, rich or cool you believe you are, how you treat people ultimately tells it all.

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"They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed." The Dhammapada

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The fool who knows that he is a fool can, for that reason, be a wise man; but the fool who thinks that he is wise is, indeed, called a fool. ~Dhammapada

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More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm. ~Dhammapada

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"Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things." ~The Buddha (Dhammapada)

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One like the Buddha is hard to find; one is not born everywhere. Wherever the wise are born, that community prospers. ~Dhammapad

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"They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed." The Dhammapada

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Hard is it to be born a man; hard is the life of mortals. Hard is it to gain the opportunity of hearing the Sublime Truth, and hard to encounter is the arising of the Buddhas. Dhammapada

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Health is the greatest gift Contentment is the greatest wealth Faithfulness is the greatest relationship Nirvana is the highest happiness

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"All beings tremble before violence. All fear death. All love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?'

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“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” -Buddha

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A giver of food is a giver of strength. A giver of clothes, a giver of beauty. A giver of a vehicle, a giver of ease. A giver of a lamp, a giver of vision. And the one who gives a residence, is the one who is a giver of everything.

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More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm. ~Dhammapada

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“Restraint of the body is good; restraint of speech is good; restraint of mind is good; everywhere, restraint is good. A sincere person, restrained everywhere,is said to be ‘protected.” Buddha, Attarakkhita Sutta

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“By oneself is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself is one made pure. Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.” ~Dhammapada

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Lumbini - the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama

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Buddha Purnima or Vesak Day

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An angry person is ugly & sleeps poorly. Gaining a profit, he turns it into a loss, having done damage with word & deed. A person overwhelmed with anger destroys his wealth. ~Kodhana Sutta

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"A thief may harm a thief; an enemy may harm an enemy; but a wrongly directed mind can do oneself far greater harm." ~The Dhammapada

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"Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good." ~Dhammapada (Verse 22)

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He gives what is beautiful, hard to give, does what is hard to do, endures painful, ill-spoken words. His secrets he tells you, your secrets he keeps. ~Mitta Sutta: A Friend

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Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things. ~ The Buddha (Dhammapada)

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Even a rain of gold could not satisfy your desires—for the smallest taste of enjoyment leads to the suffering of more desire. “The rain could turn to gold, and still your thirst would not be slaked. Desire is unquenchable or it ends in tears.” ~Dhammapada

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"To refrain from doing evil, to indulge in doing good, to cleanse one's mind- this is the teaching of all Buddhas." -Buddha Vagga, Dhammapada

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As a mountain of rock is unshaken by wind, so also, the wise are unperturbed by blame or by praise. ~Dhammapada

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"Associate with good friends and choose a remote lodging, secluded, with little noise. Be moderate in eating. Robes, alms-food, remedies and a dwelling — do not have craving for these things; do not be one who returns to the world." ~Rahula : Advice to Rahula

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Maha Bodhi Society of India wishes you happy Poson Poya Day!!! This full moon or Poya day marks the arrival of Arhant Mahinda Thero, the son of Emperor Ashoka to Sri Lanka with the gift of Dhamma. May everyone follow the path of Dhamma and find peace in their lives!

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"Believe nothing, no matter who said it, not even if I said it, if it doesn’t fit in with your own reason and common sense." The Buddha

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If you fear pain, if you dislike pain, don't anywhere do an evil deed in open or in secret. If you're doing or will do an evil deed, you won't escape pain catching up as you run away. ~Kumāra Sutta: Boys

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Do not find fault in others. Do not injure others, but live in accordance with the Dharma. Be moderate in eating and sleeping, and meditate on the highest. This sums up the teachings of the Buddhas. ~Dhammapada

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To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation - this is the greatest blessing. ~ The Buddha (Mangala Sutta)

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Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth. ~ The Buddha

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The Vajrasana - the most sacred site for Buddhists, is the actual spot where Siddhartha Gautama attained the Supreme Enlightenment.

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Our centre at New Delhi

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The mind is the basis for everything. Everything is created by my mind, and is ruled by my mind." ~The Dhammapada

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"If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone." Buddha (The Dhammapada)

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"Better than a hundred years in the life of a person who is idle and inactive, is one day in the life of a person who makes a sincere and strenuous effort to improve himself" Dhammapada

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“To refrain from doing evil, to do good, and to purify the mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.” - ~Dhammapada

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A fool while doing evil deeds does not know them as being evil; but that fool suffers for his evil deeds like one who is burnt by fire. ~Dhammapada

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They stab with their words — people unrestrained — as they do, with arrows, a tusker gone into battle. Hearing abusive words spoken, one should endure them: a monk with unbothered mind. ~Sundarī Sutta: Sundarī

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People, other than the wise, do not realize, "We in this world must all die," (and, not realizing it, continue their quarrels). The wise realize it and thereby their quarrels cease. ~Dhammapada

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Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken. ~Subhasita Sutta

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Do not speak harshly to anyone; those who are thus spoken to will retort. Malicious talk is indeed the cause of trouble (dukkha) and retribution will come to you. ~Dhammapada

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"Let one train oneself in sitting alone and in the resort proper to a recluse. Solitude is called sageship, and if you will delight in being alone, then you will illuminate the ten quarters." ~Buddha, Nālaka Sutta

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When misfortunes strike, he doesn't abandon you; when you're down & out, doesn't look down on you. A person in whom these traits are found, is a friend to be cultivated by anyone wanting a friend. ~Mitta Sutta: A Friend

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Even a rain of gold could not satisfy your desires—for the smallest taste of enjoyment leads to the suffering of more desire. “The rain could turn to gold, and still your thirst would not be slaked. Desire is unquenchable or it ends in tears.” Dhammapada

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"To be respectful, humble, contented and grateful; and to listen to the Dhamma on due occasions — this is the greatest blessing." The Buddha, Mangala Sutta

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They take untruth for truth; they take truth for untruth; such persons can never arrive at the truth, for they hold wrong views. ~Dhammapada

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An evil deed does not immediately bear fruit, just as the newly-drawn milk does not curdle at once; but it follows the fool burning him like live coal covered with ashes. ~Dhammapada

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Gain/loss, status/disgrace, censure/praise, pleasure/pain: these conditions among human beings are inconstant, impermanent, subject to change. ~Lokavipatti Sutta

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Maha Bodhi Maha Vihara - the sacred place where Siddharth Gautama became the Samyak Sambuddha under Bodhi tree.

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A giver of food is a giver of strength. A giver of clothes, a giver of beauty. A giver of a vehicle, a giver of ease. A giver of a lamp, a giver of vision. And the one who gives a residence, is the one who is a giver of everything.

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An angry person doesn’t know the good. An angry person doesn’t see the truth. When a person is beset by anger, only blind darkness is left. ~Kodhana Sutta

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Be thankful for all the struggles you go through. They make you stronger, wiser and humble. Don't let it break you. Let it make you.

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"One who keeps company with fools will grieve for a long, long time. Living with fools is painful, as is living with foes. Living with the wise is delightful, like relatives gathered together." ~Dhammapada

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One should not associate with bad friends, nor with the vile. One should associate with good friends, and with those who are noble. ~Dhammapada

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WHO IS THE BUDDHA?

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"Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom." The Buddha (Dhammapada)

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An angry person doesn’t know the good. An angry person doesn’t see the truth. When a person is beset by anger, only blind darkness is left. ~Kodhana Sutta

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One should not consider the faults of others, nor their doing or not doing good or bad deeds. One should consider only whether one has done or not done good or bad deeds. ~Dhammapada

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He who seeks his own happiness by oppressing others, who also desire to have happiness, will not find happiness in his next existence. ~Dhammapada

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The Birth place of Siddhartha Gautama, the sacred place called 'Lumbini'

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Just as a flower, which seems beautiful has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of a man who speaks them but does them not. ~Dhammapada

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"He abused me, he ill-treated me, he got the better of me, he stole my belongings;"... the enmity of those harbouring such thoughts cannot be appeased. ~Dhammapada

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“To support mother and father, to cherish partner and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.” – Buddha (Mangala Sutta)

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Supporting father and mother, the cherishing of wife and children and engaging in peaceful occupations. This is the supreme way. ~Mahamangala Sutta

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Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone. ~ The Buddha, Dhammapada

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He is not noble who injures living beings. He is called noble because he is harmless towards all living beings. ~Dhammapada

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"All conditioned things are impermanent- when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering." ~ The Buddha (Dhammapada)

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If you fear pain, if you dislike pain, don't anywhere do an evil deed in open or in secret. If you're doing or will do an evil deed, you won't escape pain catching up as you run away. ~Kumāra Sutta: Boys

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"Gain/loss, status/disgrace, censure/praise, pleasure/pain: these conditions among human beings are inconstant, impermanent, subject to change." The Buddha (Lokavipatti Sutta) The Failings of the World

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"If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone." Buddha (The Dhammapada)

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It is easy to do things that are bad and unbeneficial to oneself, but it is, indeed, most difficult to do things that are beneficial and good. ~Dhammapada

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They who cover themselves with their own corrupt conduct, like a creeper covers a tree, do to themselves what an enemy wishes for them. ~Dhammapada

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"If you dwell in a civilized place, make friends with the noble ones, rightly direct yourself, and have made merit in the past, there will roll to you crops, wealth, status, honor, & happiness." ~Cakka Sutta: Wheels

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"This Dhamma that I have attained is deep, hard to see, hard to realize, peaceful, refined, beyond the scope of conjecture, subtle, to-be-experienced by the wise. But this generation delights in attachment, is excited by attachment, enjoys attachment." Ayacana Sutta: The Request

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"He abused me, he ill-treated me, he got the better of me, he stole my belongings;"... the enmity of those harbouring such thoughts cannot be appeased. ~Dhammapada

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Husband and wife, both of them having conviction, being responsive, being restrained, living by the Dhamma, addressing each other with loving words. ~Samajivina Sutta -- Living in Tune

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Happy Vesak Day

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Even a good person may still meet with suffering so long as his good deed does not bear fruit: but when it does bear fruit he will enjoy the benefits of his good deed. Papopi passati bhadram yava papam na paccati yada ca paccati papam atha papo papam passati. ~Dhammapada

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Refrain from evil deeds which cause suffering later. Perform good deeds which can cause no suffering. Guard yourself well, both within and without, like a well defended fort. Don’t waste a moment, for wasted moments send you on a downward course. ~Dhammapada

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He who once lived in negligence And then is negligent no more, He's the one who brightens this world — Like the moon released from a cloud. ~Angulimala Thera: The Moon Released

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He is not noble who injures living beings. He is called noble because he is harmless towards all living beings. ~Dhammapada

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"All conditioned things are impermanent- when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering." ~ The Buddha (Dhammapada)

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Vesak Day/Buddha Jayanti greetings from Maha Bodhi Society of India to you everyone & your family 🙏🙏.

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So whoever — man or woman — is endowed with the virtues of the eight-factored Uposatha, having done meritorious deeds, productive of bliss, beyond reproach, goes to the heavenly state. ~Muluposatha Sutta: The Roots of the Uposatha

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It is good to have friends when the need arises; it is good to be content with anything that is available; it is good to have merit when life is about to end; it is good to be rid of all dukkha. ~Dhammapada

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The mind is very difficult to see, very delicate and subtle; it moves and lands wherever it pleases. The wise one should guard his mind, for a guarded mind brings happiness. ~Dhammapada

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