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Those who awaken never rest in one place. Like swans, they rise and leave the lake. On the air they rise and fly an invisible course. Their food is knowledge. They live on emptiness. They have seen how to break free. Who can follow them?

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If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

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Born out of concern for all beings.

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Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride.

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

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Hinduism threw away Buddhism after taking its sap. The attempt of all the Southern Acharyas was to effect a reconciliation between the two. Shankaracharya's teaching shows the influence of Buddhism. His disciples perverted his teaching and carried it to such an extreme point that some of the later reformers were right in calling the Acharya's followers "crypto-buddhists".

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Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say this, Mahamati, it is not to be eaten.

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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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It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear.

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It is easy to see the faults of others... it is hard to see our own.

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First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.

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Come, live with the doors of the senses guarded, diligent and mindful, vigilant and mindful, with the ways of the mind well watched, possessed of a mind that is awake and observing.

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When action comes out of nothing it creates no karma.

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Look within, thou art the Buddha.

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As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world

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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth.

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'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.

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I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering.

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There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he is indeed close to nirvana.

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

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