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Purity or impurity depends on oneself,No one can purify another.

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You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.

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There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.

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It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

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Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.

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To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

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Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that your have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which is doubtful. Now, look you Kālāmas...more

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Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.

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Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

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Bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya:For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world.

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True love is born from understanding.

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Emotion arise from Desire, hence an Illusion.

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When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.

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Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

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There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.