"No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed."
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"By taking these three steps you will get closer to the Gods: First, Say the Truth. Second: Don't let you get Angry. Third: Give, even though you have so little to give."
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"Through our senses the world appears. Through our reactions we create delusions.Without reactions the world becomes clear."
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"With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear."
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"Love yourself and watch - Today, tomorrow, always. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing - Straighten yourself."
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"The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious."
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"The judgment: You are now before Yama, King of the Dead. In vain will you try to...deny or conceal the evil deeds you have done. ... the mirror in which Yama seems to read your past is your own memory, and also his judgment is your own. It is you yourself who pronounce your own judgment."
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"All descriptions of reality are temporary hypotheses."
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"Be a lamp unto yourselves! Work out your liberation with diligence! Fill your mind with compassion!"
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"Dependent Origination is the teaching (that life) is not the mere play of blind chance, but has an existence that is dependent upon conditions. That, precisely with the removal of these conditions, those things that have arisen in dependence upon them-thus also all suffering-must perforce disappear and cease to be."
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"As soon as we think we are safe, something unexpected happens."
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"The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree. But the Tempter cannot master a man who dwells on the distasteful side of things, self-controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, resolute and full of faith, like the wind cannot move a mountain crag."
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"People cleave to their worldly possessions and selfish passions so blindly as to sacrifice their own lives for them. They are like a child who tries to eat a little, honey smeared on the edge of a knife. The amount is by no means sufficient to appease his appetite, but he runs the risk of wounding his tongue."
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"Resolutely train yourself to attain peace"
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"There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times."
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"Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side."
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"Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination."
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"The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters."
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"You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy."
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"The gift of truth excels all other gifts."
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