Leave behind confused reactions and become patient as the earth; unmoved by anger, unshaken as a pillar, unperturbed as a clear and quiet pool.
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Not by rituals and resolutions, nor by much learning, nor by celibacy, nor even by meditation can you find the supreme, immortal joy of nirvana until you extinguish your self-will.
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Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your life.
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There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path.
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If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across?
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Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.
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A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again. But if he is peaceful, loving, and fearless, then he is in truth called wise.
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Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done. We alone are responsible for our lives.
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True love is born from understanding.
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You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.
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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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All conditioned things are impermanent—when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.
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Live with no sense of 'mine,' not forming attachment to experiences.
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With mindfulness, strive on.
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What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.
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Health is the best gift, contentment the best wealth, trust the best kinsman, nirvana the greatest joy. Drink the nectar of the dharma in the depths of meditation, and become free from fear and sin.
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Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.
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Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.
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Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.
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Let him not deceive another nor despise anyone anywhere. In anger or ill will let him not wish another ill.
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