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What is heard, reflected upon, or cultivated in meditation, like water in a leaky jar, does not stay in the memory of a

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 What is heard, reflected upon, or cultivated in meditation, like water in a leaky jar, does not stay in the memory of a

Mar 07,2024

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Just as no bodily pleasure at all can gladden the mind of one whose body is engulfed in flames, so too those full of

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 Just as no bodily pleasure at all can gladden the mind of one whose body is engulfed in flames, so too those full of

Feb 11,2024

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Trees do not bear grudges nor is any effort required to please them. When might I dwell with those who dwell together happily?

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 Trees do not bear grudges nor is any effort required to please them. When might I dwell with those who dwell together happily?

Jan 06,2024

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Just as the trunk of a banana tree is nothing when split into pieces, in the same way too, the ‘I’ is not a real entity

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 Just as the trunk of a banana tree is nothing when split into pieces, in the same way too, the ‘I’ is not a real entity

Mar 12,2023

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Were all embodied beings to have their wish fulfilled, no one would suffer. No one wishes for suffering.

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 Were all embodied beings to have their wish fulfilled, no one would suffer. No one wishes for suffering.

Feb 26,2023

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Everything experienced fades to memory. Everything is like an image in a dream. It is gone and is not seen again.

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 Everything experienced fades to memory. Everything is like an image in a dream. It is gone and is not seen again.

Nov 09,2022

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It is proper to reconsider whether or not one should carry out any rash undertaking, or anything not thoroughly thought through,...

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 It is proper to reconsider whether or not one should carry out any rash undertaking, or anything not thoroughly thought through,...

Mar 03,2022

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In order to allay my own suffering and to allay the suffering of others, I devote myself to others and accept them as myself.

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 In order to allay my own suffering and to allay the suffering of others, I devote myself to others and accept them as myself.

Feb 17,2022

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Superiority causes jealousy. Equality causes rivalry. Inferiority causes arrogance. Praise causes intoxication and

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 Superiority causes jealousy. Equality causes rivalry. Inferiority causes arrogance. Praise causes intoxication and

Jan 08,2022

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I must acquire many virtues, both for myself and for others. The discipline of a single one of those virtues might not

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 I must acquire many virtues, both for myself and for others. The discipline of a single one of those virtues might not

Dec 19,2021

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The perfection of generosity is said to result from the mental attitude of relinquishing all that one has to all people,...

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 The perfection of generosity is said to result from the mental attitude of relinquishing all that one has to all people,...

May 13,2021

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If there is a solution, then what is the point of dejection? What is the point of dejection if there is no solution?

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 If there is a solution, then what is the point of dejection? What is the point of dejection if there is no solution?

May 05,2021

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