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What I know is like the leaves on that tree; what I teach is only a small part. But I offer it to all with an open hand. What do I not teach? Whatever is fascinating to discuss, divides people against each other, but has no bearing on putting an end to sorrow. What do I teach? Only what is necessary to take you to the other shore.

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People with opinions just go around bothering each other.

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Don't keep searching for the truth, just let go of your opinions.

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Love in the past is only a memory. Love in the future is only a fantasy. True love lives in the here and now.

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Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love.

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With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear.

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Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where one may escape from the results of evil deeds.

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Those who are pure in heart and single in purpose are able to understand the most supreme Way. It is like polishing a mirror, which becomes bright when the dust is removed. Remove your passions, and have no hankering.

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There is no fire like passion. There are no chains like hate. Illusion is a net, Desire is a rushing river.

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Look not for refuge to anyone beside yourself. Heed fast to the truth as a lamp.

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But ...meat eating in any form, in any manner, and in any place is unconditionally and once and for all prohibited ...Meat eating I have not permitted to anyone, I do not permit, I will not permit.

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Do not interrogate silence because silence is mute; do not expect anything from the gods, nor should you try to bribe them with gifts, because it is in ourselves that we must look for liberation.

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Pain in life is inevitable but suffering is not.

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If it is not truthful and not helpful, don't say it. If it is truthful and not helpful, don't say it. If it is not truthful and helpful, don't say it. If it is truthful and helpful, wait for the right time.

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Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way.

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How deeply did you learn to let go?

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There are five things which no one is able to accomplish in this world: first, to cease growing old when he is growing old; second, to cease being sick; third, to cease dying; fourth, to deny dissolution when there is dissolution; fifth, to deny non-being.

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Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.

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Which do you think is more my friend, the water in the four great oceans or the tears that you have shed on this long way of taking birth again and again?

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There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness and clear comprehension, to vision and knowledge, to a happy life here and now, and to the culmination of wisdom and awakening. And what is that one thing? It is mindfulness centred on the body

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