The non-doing of any evil, the performance of what's skillful, the cleansing of one's own mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened. - The Buddha

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The non-doing of any evil,
the performance of what's skillful,
the cleansing of one's own mind:
this is the teaching of the Awakened.

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About The Buddha

Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit/Devanagari: सिद्धार्थ गौतम Siddhārtha Gautama, c. 563/624 – c. 483/544 BCE) or Siddhattha Gotama in Pali,; also called the Gautama Buddha, the Shakyamuni Buddha ("Buddha, Sage of the Shakyas") or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was a monk (śramaṇa), mendicant, sage, philosopher, teacher and religious leader on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in the northeastern part of ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE.

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Alternative Names: Buddha • Bhagwan Buddha • Prabudha • Munish • Lord Buddha • Sakya-muni • Shakyasimha • Devarajalu • Buddhadeva • Sakyasinha • Tathagata Buddha • Trigyesh • Siddhartha Gautama • Shakyamuni • Sakyamuni • Sugata • Fo • Shakyamuni Buddha • Khajit • Trigya • Mahatma Buddha • Gotama Buddha • Padmayani • Lokapradīpa • Gautama Buddha • Gautam Buddha
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Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel.

Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.
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