buddhism
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“Whose conquest can’t be undone, whose conquest no one in the world can reach; awakened, his pasture endless, pathless: by what path will you lead him astray? In whom there’s no craving—the sticky ensnarer—to lead him anywhere at all; awakened, his pasture endless, pathless: by what path will you lead him astray? They, the enlightened,…
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“Don’t associate with lowly qualities. Don’t consort with heedlessness. Don’t associate with wrong views. Don’t busy yourself with the world. Get up! Don’t be heedless. Live the Dhamma well. One who lives the Dhamma sleeps with ease in this world and the next. Live the Dhamma well. Don’t live it badly. One who lives the…
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“If you hold yourself dear, then guard, guard yourself well. The wise person would stay awake, nursing himself in any of the three watches of the night, the three stages of life. First, he’d settle himself in what is correct, only then teach others. He wouldn’t stain his name: he is wise. If you’d mold…
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“What laughter, why joy,when constantly aflame?Enveloped in darkness,don’t you look for a lamp? Look at the beautified image,a heap of festering wounds, shored up:ill, but the objectof many resolves,where there is nothinglasting or sure. Worn out is this body,a nest of diseases, dissolving.This putrid conglomerationis bound to break up,for life is hemmed in with death.…
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“Alltremble at the rod,allare fearful of death.Drawing the parallel toyourself,neither kill nor get others to kill. Alltremble at the rod,allhold their life dear.Drawing the parallel toyourself,neither kill nor get others to kill. Whoever takes a rodto harm living beings desiring ease,when he himself is looking for ease,meets with no ease after death. Whoever doesn’t take…
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“Be quick in doingwhat’s admirable.Restrain your mindfrom what’s evil.When you’re slowin making merit,evil delights the mind. If a person does evil,he shouldn’t do it again & again,shouldn’t develop a penchant for it.To accumulate evilbrings pain.If a person makes merit,he should do it again & again,should develop a penchant for it.To accumulate meritbrings ease. Even the…
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“Better than if there were thousandsof meaningless words isonemeaningfulwordthat on hearingbrings peace. Better than if there were thousandsof meaningless verses isonemeaningfulline of versethat on hearingbrings peace. And better than chanting hundredsof meaningless verses isoneDhamma-sayingthat on hearingbrings peace. Greater in battlethan the man who would conquera thousand-thousand men,is he who would conquerjust one—himself. Better to conquer…
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“Better than if there were thousands of meaningless words is one meaningful word that on hearing brings peace. Better than if there were thousands of meaningless verses is one meaningful line of verse that on hearing brings peace. And better than chanting hundreds of meaningless verses is one Dhamma-saying that on hearing brings peace. Greater…
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“In one who has gone the full distance, who is free from sorrow, and is fully released everywhere, no fever of desire is found. They have abandoned all bonds, maintaining vigilance and not delighting in complacency. They renounce every attachment, like swans soaring away from a lake. Without hoarding and having understood the nature of…
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“Consider the wise person who points out your faults as one who reveals treasures to you. Cherish the guidance of such sages, for staying close to them leads to improvement rather than deterioration. Let these wise individuals correct, teach, and steer you away from misconduct. They are cherished by the virtuous and disfavored by the…
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