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March 2009 
Buddha - Shakyamuni Speaks
Spiritual Heart
“The true foundation of the entire universe is Love!...
“Everything is filled with life, everything develops thanks to love, regardless of whether one knows about it or not. And it would be unwise to turn away from this knowledge when it knocks at one’s door.”
Shakyamuni
Thus Spoke Buddha *
1. Take the precept to abstain from killing.
2. Take the precept to abstain from stealing.
3. Take the precept to abstain from adultery.
4. Take the precept to abstain from lying.
5. Take the precept to abstain from liquor.
And did the thought never occur to you that you also are subject to decay, that you also cannot escape it?
And did the thought never occur to you that you also are subject to disease, that you also cannot escape it?
And did the thought never occur to you that you also are subject to death, that you also cannot escape it?
Not for the sake of My own well-being I practice universal benevolence, but... it is My desire to contribute to the happiness of living beings!
Do not do to others what you would not like be done to yourself!
Goodwill toward all beings is the true religion!
Cherish in your hearts boundless goodwill toward all that lives!
You must not worry; your mouth must not say evil words; you must remain benevolent, with pure loving heart, thinking no evil.
And even your enemies you have to embrace with loving thoughts, generous thoughts, deep and boundless thoughts purified from anger and hatred!
The distinctive signs of true religion are goodwill, love, truthfulness, purity, nobility of feeling, and kindness.
Immortality can be reached only by continuous acts of kindness; Perfection is accomplished by compassion and charity.
That which is most needed is a loving heart!
“I am being hated, mistrusted, misunderstood and deceived by others!” — he who harbors such thoughts in his mind can never become free from the causes which inflict their destructiveness upon the thinker.
Whatever harm one man may do to another, the evil-thinking mind inflicts even greater harm (upon its owner).
Evil… is born of the selfhood, and in the selfhood is its cause.
Evil “polishes” the universe like a diamond…
I teach you to avoid the ten evils:
1. Kill not, but have regard for life!
2. Steal not, neither do you rob, but help everybody to be master of the fruits of their labor!
3. Abstain from impurity, and lead a life of chastity!
4. Lie not, but be truthful! Speak the truth with discretion, fearlessly, and with a loving heart!
5. Invent not evil reports, neither do you repeat them! Carp not, but look for the good sides of your fellow-beings, so that you may with sincerity, defend them against their enemies!
6. Swear not, but speak decently and with dignity!
7. Waste not the time in gossip, but keep to the purpose or keep silence!
8. Covet not, nor envy, but rejoice at the fortunes of others!
9. Cleanse yourself of malice and harbor no hatred, not even against your enemies, but embrace all living beings with kindness!
10. Free your mind of ignorance and be anxious to learn the truth, especially in the one thing that is needed, lest you fall a prey either to skepticism or to errors!
Let no one deceive another, let no one despise another, let no one wish to harm another out of anger or resentment!
1. Do not kill!
2. Do not steal!
3. Do not commit adultery!
4. Do not tell lies!
5. Do not slander!
6. Do not speak harshly!
7. Do not engage in idle talks!
8. Do not covet others’ property!
9. Do not show hatred!
10. Think righteously!
Shakyamuni Speaks Today
(From Conversations with Non-Incarnate Divine Teacher Shakyamuni)
“The true foundation of the entire universe is Love!
“He who wants to know the primal essence of all things must be full of love, first and foremost.
“The opposite of love — disregard toward others and self-conceit — casts man into the abyss of ignorance and illusions.
“It is love that endows man with the eyes which can perceive the Truth.
“Love for all living beings helped Me, too, to find the Way.
“Without such love, man can only wander about in the darkness of illusions.
“Let this love illuminate the way of every seeker of the Truth!”
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“My purpose in My last incarnation was to bring to people the state of total freedom from the shackles of the material world, to reveal to them that there is Liberation, that it is really possible.”
“What are the distinctive features of Your Path?”
“It is the Path of realizing that all we — in our very essence — are potentially completely free.
“I cognized this Freedom in the depths of Myself, when sought the Primordial Essence of everything. I cognized that in My deepest essence I am not bound by anything happening in the world of matter.
“It is this truth that I wanted to convey to people: that in their very Essence they are free and that this Freedom is by far more valuable than any property in the material world. Thus, there is no reason to fight with each other, to envy others, to be jealous. Everyone possesses the most priceless Treasure from the very birth. It just needs to be discovered.”...Read more on the site 'Pure Buddhism'
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