Buddhism Coloring Pages & PrintablesBuddha Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, lived and taught in India over 2000 years ago. The Buddhist way of life is peace , loving kindness and wisdom. Millions of people follow this spiritual path today. Buddha explained that problems and suffering come from negative thoughts and by changing our state of mind to a positive one, good fortune and happiness can arise.
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Darmacakra - "Wheel of Dharma", the path of Buddhism
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Lotus Flower - Represents purity and enlightenment
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The Dhammapada is one of the primary collections of teachings attributed to the Buddha. It has 423 verses in 26 different categories. According to tradition the verses are answers to questions put to the Buddha on various occasions.
To avoid all evil to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind - this is the teaching of the Buddhas
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Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand men, is he who would conquer just one - himself
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Conquer the angry man be love, conquer the ill-natured man by goodness, conquer the miser with generosity, conquer the liar with truth
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Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace
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Buddha was a sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in eastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries. The word Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one."
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace
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Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts
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If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart
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Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds
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The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader or head of Tibetan Buddhism. As of 2014, there have been 14 Dalai Lamas, the first, Gedun Drup, being born in 1391.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
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My religion is simple. My religion is kindness.
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