"The easiest beneficence is a smile. The simplest release is to have a vegetarian meal."
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"Anyone who is not working toward the truth is missing the whole point of living."
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"The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates all things, the mind creates all things."
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"Those who act with few desires are calm, without worry or fear."
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"You can only lose what you cling to."
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"Doing the good deeds is like the grass in the garden. You don't see its growth. But, it does by days. Doing the wicked deeds is like the hone. You don't see its damage. But, it does by days."
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"For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness and strength."
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"The person who masters himself through self-control and discipline is truly undefeatable."
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"A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering."
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"Victory breeds hatred; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, giving up victory and defeat."
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"The no-mind not-thinks no-thoughts about no-things."
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"Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained."
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"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. This is a helpful pointer for our everyday presence-practice. Can you catch yourself angrily defending your point of view or attacking the other person's? There's the ego."
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"Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labors are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted. It is like unto burning an incense stick. However much its pleasing odor be admired, the fire that consumes is steadily burning up the stick."
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"Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advocated a different timeless strategy to overcome hatred. This eternal wisdom is to meet hatred with non-hatred. The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom."
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"Those who awaken never rest in one place. Like swans, they rise and leave the lake. On the air they rise and fly an invisible course. Their food is knowledge. They live on emptiness. They have seen how to break free. Who can follow them?"
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"He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill - him I do call a holy man."
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"Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all beings, and loving-kindness towards all the world. One should cultivate an unbounded mind, above and below and across, without obstruction, without enmity, without rivalry. Standing, or going, or seated, or lying down, as long as one is free from drowsiness, one should practice this mindfulness. This, they say, is the holy state here."
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"Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair."
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"If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him."
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