"In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true."
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"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship."
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"The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make our own life peaceful."
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"All life is temporary Why worry about anything that's only temporary"
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"If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear."
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"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."
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"Be a light unto yourself."
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"As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world"
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"You can search the world over and you will find no one who is more deserving of your kindness and well wishing than you yourself."
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"When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with him, for the evil-doer is insulting himself by trying to insult you."
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"A brahmin once asked The Blessed One: "Are you a God?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a saint?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a magician?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "What are you then?" "I am awake.""
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"However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?"
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"In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible."
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"Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion."
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"Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others."
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"(The real brahmin is the one who:) ... has crossed beyond duality ...knows no this shore, other shore, or both ...(is) settled in mind ... without inflowing thoughts ...is without attachment ...endures undisturbed criticism, ill-treatment and bonds, (and is) strong in patience ...(is) without anger, devout, upright, free from craving, disciplined and in his last body ...has experienced the end of his suffering here in this life, who has set down the burden, freed!"
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"Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else"
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"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
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"Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do."
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"Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man."
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