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Dispassion is the best of mental states. . . .

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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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It is better to do nothing Than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.

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Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned.

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The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed.

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You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.

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In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.

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Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace.

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NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.

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Follow not after the vain, understand the ills of sense pleasures. One who is vigilant and meditative, obtains deep joy.

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Without freedom, creativity cannot flourish. The right to freedom is crucial to progress in any society; and the context is having a sense of global responsibility.

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Resolutely train yourself to attain peace

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There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

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Love and serve the world through your work.

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The discipline which I have imparted to you will lead you when I am gone. Practice mindfulness diligently, to attain the goal of awakening.

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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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When action comes out of nothing it creates no karma.

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

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I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.

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