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All beings are not only the parents in the past. They will become the Buddha in the future. If you free their lives, you are Buddha.
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With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate.
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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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After 48 years, I have said nothing.
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If there be one righteous person, the rain falls for his sake.
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Do not close your eyes before suffering. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, Including personal contact and visits, images, sound. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.
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We will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis.
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Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.
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Be greatly aware of the present.
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Whatever grounds there are for making merit productive of a future birth, all these do not equal a sixteenth part of the liberation of mind by loving-kindness. The liberation of mind by loving-kindness surpasses them and shines forth, bright and brilliant.
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The wind cannot overturn a mountain. Temptation cannot touch the man Who is awake, strong and humble, Who masters hiself and minds the law.
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The man that is dominated by Anger Doth not know what is seemly and seeth not the Law; That man whom Hate doth accompany, Becometh like unto murky darkness.
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...One who possesses four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there. What four? Bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, mental good conduct, and gratitude or thankfulness. One possessing these four qualities is deposited in heaven as if brought there.
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You create what you defend against.
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It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.
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I am always at the beginning.
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What you think you become.
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Let all-embracing thoughts for all beings be yours.
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It is impossible to underestimate the significance of your today's choices.
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You, as much as anyone in the universe, deserve your love and respect.
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If a viper lives in your room and you wish to have a peaceful sleep, you must first chase it out.
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Thoughtfulness is the way to deathlessness, thoughtlessness the way to death. The thoughtful do not die: the thoughtless are as if dead already.
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I will teach you the Truth and the Path leading to the Truth.
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Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good.
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