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The Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama

c. 5th–4th c. BCE · Indian (Buddhist)

The awakened teacher of suffering, impermanence, and no-self.

Primary Source

Primary Source

manopubbaṅgamā dhammā

Original (Pāli)

“Mind precedes all mental states; mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.”

Dhammapada 1 (trans. Buddharakkhita)

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Thinker

Nagarjuna

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