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From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there's no grief- so how fear?

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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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Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

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Don't use Buddhism to become a Buddhist. Use Buddhism to become better at whatever else in your life you are doing already.

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I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

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The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.

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Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they teach.

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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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Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives, how we depend on others and others depend on us, our outlook will change. We’ll begin to see 'others' not as somehow distant from us, but as people we are in touch with, people close to us; we will no longer feel indifferent to them.

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If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.

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Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people.

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The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman.

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One who does not rouse themself when it is time to rise, who, though capable, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle person will never find their way to true knowledge.

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Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.

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He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death.

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By whomsoever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin (holy man) who is guarded in these three.

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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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After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.

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Don't indulge in careless behaviour. Don't be the friend of sensual pleasures. He who meditates attentively attains abundant joy.

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Let the disciple cultivate love without measure towards all beings. Let him cultivate towards the whole world, above, below, around, a heart of love unstinted....For in all the world this state of heart is best.

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