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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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Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.

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If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress.

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Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

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Although you can find certain differences among the Buddhist philosophical schools about how the universe came into being, the basic common question addressed is how the two fundamental principles-external matter and internal mind or consciousness-although distinct, affect one another. External causes and conditions are responsible for certain of our experiences of happiness and suffering. Yet we find that it is principally our own feelings, our thoughts and our emotions, that really determine whether we are going to suffer or be happy.

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Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.

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At a personal level, as a Buddhist practitioner, I deliberately visualize and think about death in my daily practice. Death is not separated from our lives. Due to my research and thoughts about death, I have some guarantee and some conviction that it will be a positive experience.

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Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.

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There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant.

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Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.

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Dispassion is the best of mental states. . . .

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If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves.

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Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

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If I say, "I am a monk." or "I am a Buddhist," these are, in comparison to my nature as a human being, temporary. To be human is basic.

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

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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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Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

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This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky, Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.

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Suffering does not befall him who is without attachment to names and forms.

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To combat hatred directed toward a person, a Buddhist cultivates loving kindness toward that person.

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