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

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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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Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

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True love is born from understanding.

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

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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment ar...more

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No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

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Through the round of many births I roamed without reward, without rest, seeking the house-builder. Painful is birth again & again.House-builder, you'r...more

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Greater than all the joysOf heaven and earth,Greater still than dominionOver all the worlds,Is the joy of reaching the stream.