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"There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no escape from this here that is born, become, made and compounded."
"Don't rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don't infer or be deceived by appearances."
"The hunger of passions is the greatest disease."
"To be concerned with the issue; soul versus non-soul, is to be in bondage to craving for becoming and non-becoming."
"Follow not after the vain, understand the ills of sense pleasures. One who is vigilant and meditative, obtains deep joy."
"Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove."
"The world is continuous flux and is impermanent."
"Rid of craving and without clinging, an expert in the study of texts, and understanding the right sequence of the words, he may indeed be called "In his last body", "Great in wisdom" and a "Great man.""
"An evil deed, like fresh milk, does not go bad suddenly. Smouldering, like fire covered by ashes, the evil deed follows the fool."
"(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia."
"One act of pure love in saving life is greater than spending the whole of one's time in religious offerings to the gods . . ."
"Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering."
"From a withered tree, a flower blooms"
"Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end."
"A victor only breeds hatred, while a defeated man lives in misery, but a man at peace within lives happily, abandoning up ideas of victory and defeat."
"Life is so very difficult. How can we be anything but kind."
"Winter always turns into Spring."
"To live a single day and hear a good teaching is better than to live a hundred years without knowing such teaching."
"I will not look at another's bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed."
"It is better to travel well then arrive."