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One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.

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You create what you defend against.

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Believe nothing, No matter where you read it, Or who has said it, Not even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense.

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As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.

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Those who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed; and are not ashamed of what they ought to be - such men, embracing erroneous views, enter the woeful path.

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Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to kill.

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Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be ye a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp; hold fast as a refuge to the truth. Look not for refuge to anyone besides yourselves.

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I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that I will fall heir.

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The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain--as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honor than to live to 120 and die in disgrace.

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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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Monks, when ignorance is abandoned, and knowledge arises in the monk, with the ending of ignorance and the arising of knowledge he clings neither to sense-pleasures, nor does he cling to views, nor to precepts and vows, nor to a Self-doctrine. Not clinking, he is not disturbed; not disturbed, he attains individually nibbana.

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The world is continuous flux and is impermanent.

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To meditate is to listen with a receptive heart.

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Consider Others as Yourself.

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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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I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment.

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Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.

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The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates all things, the mind creates all things.

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If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say he will really be liberated.

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Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness.

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