"Life is so very difficult. How can we be anything but kind."
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"I will not look at another's bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed."
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"It is better to travel well then arrive."
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"Live in Joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace, Even among the troubled. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way."
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"To him in whom love dwells, the whole world is but one family."
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"Freed by full realization and at peace, the mind of such a man is at peace, and his speech and action peaceful. He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man."
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"Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised."
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"Let the disciple cultivate love without measure towards all beings. Let him cultivate towards the whole world, above, below, around, a heart of love unstinted....For in all the world this state of heart is best."
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"Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma. Now I, joyfully and fearlessly, In the midst of the bodhisattvas Frankly casting aside my expedient devices, Merely preach the Unexcelled Path."
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"I, ever knowing the living beings Who tread the Path and those who do not In response to those who may be saved Preach to them a variety of dharmas, Each time having this thought: 'How may I cause the beings To contrive to enter the Unexcelled Path and quickly to perfect the Buddha-body?'"
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"Just as one can make a lot of garlands from a heap of flowers, so man, subject to birth and death as he is, should make himself a lot of good karma."
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"Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village."
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"It is easy to see the faults of others... it is hard to see our own."
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"When you have great joy, you will become Buddhas!"
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"Do not accept what you hear by report, do not accept tradition, do not accept a statement because it is found in our books, nor because it is in accord with your belief, nor because it is the saying of your teacher. Be lamps unto yourselves. Those who, either now or after I am dead, shall rely upon themselves only and not look for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who shall reach the topmost height."
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"Don't blindly believe what I say. Don't believe me because others convince you of my words. Don't believe anything you see, read, or hear from others, whether of authority, religious teachers or texts."
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"After 48 years, I have said nothing."
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"Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village."
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"The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe."
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"It is in this way that I went forth to teach."
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