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All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed.

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It is like a lighted torch whose flame can be distributed to ever so many other torches which people may bring along; and therewith they will cook foo...more

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Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors ill will at heart would ...more

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Jīvaka, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, heard, or suspected [that the living being has been s...more

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Suppose a man threw into the sea a yoke with one hole in it, and the east wind carried it to the west, and the west wind carried it to the east, and t...more

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Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, birth stories, marvels, and answer...more

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So too, friend, purification of virtue is for the sake of reaching purification of mind; purification of mind is for the sake of reaching purification...more