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Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama or the Buddha, was a spiritual leader and the founder of Buddhism. Born in the 6th century BC in the region of Lumbini, Nepal, he renounced his princely life to seek enlightenment. His teachings, emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, have profoundly influenced the lives of millions around the world. more

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“Know all things to be like this: A mirage, a cloud castle, A dream, an apparition, Without essence, but with qualities that can be seen. Know all things to be like this: As the moon in a bright sky In some clear lake reflected, Though to that lake the moon has never moved. Know all things to be like this: As an echo that derives From music, sounds, and weeping, Yet in that echo is no melody. Know all things to be like this: As a magician makes illusions Of horses, oxen, carts and other things, Nothing is as it appears.”

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“So in this case, Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, 'This contemplative is our teacher.' When you know for yourselves that, 'These qualities are unskillful; these qualities are blameworthy; these qualities are criticized by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to harm & to suffering' - then you should abandon them.”

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