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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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In every trial Let understanding fight for you.

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I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

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He who walks in the company of fools suffers much. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful. Company with the wise is pleasure, like meeting with kinfolk.

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Suttas are not meant to be 'sacred scriptures' that tell us what to believe. One should read them, listen to them, think about them, contemplate them, and investigate the present reality, the present experience with them. Then, and only then, can one insightfully know the truth beyond words.

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Whoever has done harmful actions but later covers them up with good is like the moon which, freed from clouds, lights up the world.

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If there is only empty space, with no suns nor planets in it, then space loses its substantiality.

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Our visit to this planet is short, so we should use our time meaningfully, which we can do by helping others wherever possible. And if we cannot help others, at least we should try not to create pain and suffering for them.

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Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister. No matter how new the face or how different the dress and behavior, there is no significant division between us and other people. It is foolish to dwell on external differences, because our basic natures are the same.

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In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.

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The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.

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Of what I know, I have told you only a little. Why have I not told you the rest? Because it would not lead you to Nirvana.

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I will purify my bodily actions through repeated reflection. I will purify my verbal actions through repeated reflection. I will purify my mental actions through repeated reflection. That's how you should train yourself.

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The Christian pities men because they are dying, and the Buddhist pities them because they are living. The Christian is sorry for what damages the life of a man; but the Buddhist is sorry for him because he is alive.

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One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming other living beings.

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Because my main concern is the Tibetan Buddhist culture, not just political independence, I cannot seek self-rule for central Tibet and exclude the 4 million Tibetans in our two eastern provinces of Amdo and Kham.

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Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

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No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.

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The right time to show your good character is when you are pestered by someone weaker than you.

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Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe.

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