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Flower Adornment Sutra, Chapter 40

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Bishnu Bhatta Buttowski said: " Flower Adornment Sutra, chapter 40 is the classic text that talks about conducts and vows given by Samantabhadra Bodhisattva in order to achieve inconceivable state of liberation. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva is considered one of the important Bodhisatt ...more "

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Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha

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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

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On the Decay of the Art of Lying by Mark Twain

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An habitual truth-teller is simply an impossible creature; he does not exist; he never has existed. Of course there are people who think they never lie, but it is not so—and this ignorance is one of the very things that shame our so-called ...more

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