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In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

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Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires.

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Rid of craving and without clinging, an expert in the study of texts, and understanding the right sequence of the words, he may indeed be called "In his last body", "Great in wisdom" and a "Great man."

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They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma. Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.

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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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Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself made this clear to his followers. He said you should not accept those things I taught out of respect for me, but rather through investigation by yourself.

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Reincarnation is not an exclusively Hindu or Buddhist concept, but it is part of the history of human origin. It is proof of the mindstream's capacity to retain knowledge of physical and mental activities. It is related to the theory of interdependent origination and to the law of cause and effect.

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Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

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Therefore, do not eat meat which will cause terror among people, because it hinders the truth of emancipation; not to eat meat? this is the mark of the wise.

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Speak only endearing speech, speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is pleasant.

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The four catagories of existance, non-existance, both existance and non-existance, and neither existance nor non-existance, are spiderwebs among spiderwebs which can never take hold of the enormous bird of reality

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There is a way to be purified, to overcome sorrows and grief, to release suffering, to secure the right path to realize nirvana. This is to be mindful.

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You must take action yourself, for Buddhas only teach the way.

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

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Some consider me as a living Buddha. That's nonsense. That's silly. That's wrong. If they consider me a simple Buddhist monk, however, that's probably okay.

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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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When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.

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

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It is our minds that create this world.

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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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