"If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him."
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"How deeply did you learn to let go?"
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"Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think."
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"The deluding passions are inexhaustible. I vow to extinguish them all. The number of beings is endless. I vow to save them all. The Truth cannot be told. I vow to explain it. The Way which cannot be followed is unattainable. I vow to attain it."
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"When giving to others do not linger on thoughts of a giving, what was given, or the one who has received."
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"Life is easy For the man who is without shame, Impudent as a crow, A vicious gossip, Vain, meddlesome, dissolute. But life is hard For the man who quietly undertakes The way of perfection, With purity, detachment and vigor. He sees light."
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"Let a man neither give himself over to pleasures ... nor yet let him give himself over to self-mortification ... To the exclusion of both these extremes, the Truth-Finder has discovered a middle course."
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"Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison."
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"A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead all living beings to put a stop to (reincarnation) and escape (suffering), and when they have been so led, not one of them in fact stops (reincarnating) or escapes suffering. Why? Because, if a Bodhisattva believes in the notion of an ego, a personality, or a living being, he is not a true Bodhisattva."
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"Sandalwood, tagara, lotus, jasmine - the fragrance of virtue is unrivalled by such kinds of perfume."
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"Only those who go where few have gone can see what few have seen."
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"Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs."
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"Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth."
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"Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires."
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"It is better to do nothing Than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself."
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"Apply yourself to solitude. One who is given to solitude knows things as they really are."
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"There is no fire like passion. There are no chains like hate. Illusion is a net, Desire is a rushing river."
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"What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind. If a man speaks or acts with an impure mind, suffering will follow him as the wheel of the cart follows the beast that draws the cart. If a man speaks or acts with a pure mind, joy follows him as his own shadow."
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"Whatever is subject to origination is all subject to cessation."
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"Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned."
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