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> [“To be attached to one thing (to a certain view) and to look down upon other things (views) as inferior—this the wise men call a fetter.’2”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/to-be-attached-to-one-thing-to-a-certain-view-and-to-look-down-upon/)

[Walpola Rahula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walpola-rahula/)

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## More by Walpola Rahula

> [Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his own protection,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/two-ideas-are-psychologically-deep-rooted-in-man-self-protection-and/)

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> [The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism remains what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/the-question-has-often-been-asked-is-buddhism-a-religion-or-a/)

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> [According to the Buddha's teaching the beginning of the life-stream of living beings is unthinkable. THe believer in the creation of life by God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/according-to-the-buddha-s-teaching-the-beginning-of-the-life-stream/)

[Walpola Rahula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walpola-rahula/)

> [As long as you are conscious of yourself, you can never concentrate on anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/as-long-as-you-are-conscious-of-yourself-you-can-never-concentrate-on/)

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> [First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/first-of-all-buddhism-is-neither-pessimistic-nor-optimistic-if/)

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> [It is always a question of knowing and seeing, and not that of believing. The teaching of the Buddha is qualified as ehi-passika, inviting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/it-is-always-a-question-of-knowing-and-seeing-and-not-that-of/)

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> [“Human language is too poor to express the real nature of the Absolute Truth or Ultimate Reality which is Nirvana. Language is created and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/human-language-is-too-poor-to-express-the-real-nature-of-the-absolute/)

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> [“Here the four elements of solidity, fluidity, heat and motion have no place; the notions of length and breadth, the subtle and the gross,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/here-the-four-elements-of-solidity-fluidity-heat-and-motion-have-no/)

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> [All great work artistic, poetic, intellectual or spiritual is produced at those moments when creators forget themselves altogether and are free from self-consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/all-great-work-artistic-poetic-intellectual-or-spiritual-is-produced/)

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> [There is no unmoving mover behind the movement. It is only movement. It is not correct to say that life is moving, but life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/there-is-no-unmoving-mover-behind-the-movement-it-is-only-movement-it/)

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> [“What we call life...is the combination of the Five Aggregates, a combination of physical and mental energies. These are constantly changing; they do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/what-we-call-life-is-the-combination-of-the-five-aggregates-a/)

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> [“To be attached to one thing (to a certain view) and to look down upon other things (views) as inferior—this the wise men call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/to-be-attached-to-one-thing-to-a-certain-view-and-to-look-down-upon/)

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> [If by the expression "not practical" you mean "not easy," you are right. Definitely it is not easy. Yet it should be tried. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/if-by-the-expression-not-practical-you-mean-not-easy-you-are-right/)

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> [“We must admit that very often we are afraid or ashamed to look at our own minds. So we prefer to avoid it. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/we-must-admit-that-very-often-we-are-afraid-or-ashamed-to-look-at-our/)

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> [“…When the secret is discovered, when the Truth is seen, all the forces which feverishly produce the continuity of samsara in illusion become calm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/when-the-secret-is-discovered-when-the-truth-is-seen-all-the-forces/)

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