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“A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him.
Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted! ”
― The Dhammapada: Verses on the Way
Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted! ”
― The Dhammapada: Verses on the Way
“The fool who knows his folly
Becomes wise by that fact.
But the fool who thinks he's wise -
He's called 'a fool' indeed!”
― The Dhammapada
Becomes wise by that fact.
But the fool who thinks he's wise -
He's called 'a fool' indeed!”
― The Dhammapada
“For behold your body —
A painted puppet, a toy,
Jointed, sick and full of false
imaginings,
A shadow that shifts and fade.”
― The Dhammapada : The Sayings of Buddha
A painted puppet, a toy,
Jointed, sick and full of false
imaginings,
A shadow that shifts and fade.”
― The Dhammapada : The Sayings of Buddha
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