We will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by loving kindness, make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves in it, and fully perfect it.
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As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I. Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.
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Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!
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The root of suffering is attachment.
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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity.
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Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.
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Don’t run after pleasure and neglect the practice of meditation. If you forget the goal of life and get caught in the pleasures of the world, you will come to envy those who put meditation first.
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Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.
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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life. Foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
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Don’t run after pleasure and neglect the practice of meditation. If you forget the goal of life and get caught in the pleasures of the world, you will come to envy those who put meditation first.
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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
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All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
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A disciplined mind brings happiness.
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The root of suffering is attachment.
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Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.
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Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
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Nothing is forever except change.
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To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.
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