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“Patience is the best way to protect oneself.”
― Enjoying the Ultimate: Commentary on the Nirvana Chapter of the Chinese Dharmapada
― Enjoying the Ultimate: Commentary on the Nirvana Chapter of the Chinese Dharmapada
“The orange tree took time to create this masterpiece.”
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“According to our narrow view of a truly existing self, life is just my body, my house, my spouse, my children, and my riches. But if we can extend beyond every limit we have created for ourselves, we will see that our life exists in everything, and that the deterioration of phenomena cannot touch that life, just as the arising and disappearing of the waves cannot influence the being of the water.”
― Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
― Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
“Your mindful steps are not for you alone; they are for your partner and friends too, because the moment you stop suffering, others benefit.”
― The Art of Power
― The Art of Power
“Just as rust produced by iron corrodes iron, so is the violator of moral law destroyed by his own wrong action.”
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