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To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.
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Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that…
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Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken.…
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In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?
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When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things…
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If you want to do a certain thing, you first have to be a certain person. Once you become that certain person,…
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If he cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, he will spend his life without finding peace.
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Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of…
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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
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When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.
— Baltasar Gracian
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Who covets more is evermore a slave.
— Robert Herrick
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
— Seneca the Younger
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The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. He is not rich that possesses much, but…
— Francis Beaumont
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But the best argument of all [for evangelism] is to be found in the wounds of Jesus. You want to honor Him,…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Do no harmful actions, do not become attached to the cycle of death and rebirth, show kindness, respect the old and have…
— Dogen
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None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
— Cato the Elder
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The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.
— Ben Jonson
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Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave.
— Robert Herrick
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A writer never forgets the first time he accepted a few coins or a word of praise in exchange for a story.…
— Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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When someone covets something they desire and lust over it.Usually it's something they can't have. You've always had that problem...
— Sara Shepard
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