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“One must admire the achievement of Padmasambhava and Shantarakshita and their disciples, for it must have been difficult to persuade the rough warrior population of Tibet that nonviolence is the way to live, that self-conquest is more important than military conquest, that enlightened humanity is more important than national gods, and that the purpose of life is evolutionary merit and transcendent wisdom, not power and pleasure.”
― Joan Duncan Oliver, Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings, and Practices