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Firstly, as a Buddhist monk, I hold that violence is not good. Secondly, I am a firm believer in the Gandian ethic of passive resistance. And thirdly, in reality, violence is not our strength.

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Meat-eating is condemned by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Sravakas; if one devours meat out of shamelessness he will always be devoid of sense.

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The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what's pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false.

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Just as one can make a lot of garlands from a heap of flowers, so man, subject to birth and death as he is, should make himself a lot of good karma.

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The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.

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(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.

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Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others

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War is out of date, obsolete.

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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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Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

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All of you knowing now, Tthat the Buddhas, the Teachers of the Ages, In accord with what is peculiarly appropriate, have recourse to expedient devices, Need have no more doubts or uncertainties. Your hearts shall give rise to great joy, Since you know that you yourselves Shall become Buddhas.

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If science proves facts that conflict with Buddhist understanding, Buddhism must change accordingly. We should always adopt a view that accords with the facts.

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Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.

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You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. See how you love.

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The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

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If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.

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Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion.

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There is no satisfying the senses, not even with a shower of money. "The senses are of slight pleasure and really suffering." When a wise man has realised this, he takes no pleasure, as a disciple of the Buddhas, even in the pleasures of heaven. Instead he takes pleasure in the elimination of craving.

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Imagine a multidimensiona l spider's web in the early morning covered with dew drops. And every dew drop contains the reflection of all the other dew drops. And, in each reflected dew drop, the reflections of all the other dew drops in that reflection. And so ad infinitum. That is the Buddhist conception of the universe in an image.

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