"Focusnot on the rudeness of others,not on what they've done or left undone,but on what you have done and have not doneyourself."
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"Flower and thorn are in the same stem."
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"As solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise."
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"Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession."
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"May we live like the lotus, at home in muddy water."
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"When we free ourselves of desire, we will know serenity and freedom."
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"Harm no other beings. They are just your brothers and sisters."
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"Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone they cease. This is an ancient Law."
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"Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached."
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"I teach about suffering and the way to end it"
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"These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings, How much more so should you abandon bad states of mind!"
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"If desires are not uprooted, sorrows grow again in you."
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"Sit Rest Work. Alone with yourself, Never weary. On the edge of the forest Live joyfully, Without desire."
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"Understand that the body is merely the foam of a wave, the shadow of a shadow."
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"Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow."
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"May all sentient beings be happy and free of suffering."
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"It takes hundred of years sitting together in the same boat. It takes thousand of years sharing the same bed with. It calls : the predestined affinity."
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"If for just the time of a finger-snap a monk produces a thought of loving-kindness, develops it, gives attention to it, such a one is rightly called a monk. Not in vain does he meditate. He acts in accordance with the master's teaching, he follows his advice. How much more so if he cultivates it."
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"What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering."
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"Being generous and kindly in speech, doing a good turn for others, and treating all alike. One like this will be praised."
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