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The world lacks and hankers, and is enslaved to "thirst". |
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He who sees other's faults, is ever irritable, the corruptions of
such a one grow. He is far from the destruction of the corruptions. |
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The wise man builds no hopes for the future, entertains no regrets
for the past. |
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The conqueror begets enmity; the defeated lie down in distress. The
peaceful rests in happiness, giving up both victory and defeat. |
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Whoever lives contemplating unpleasant things, with senses
well-restrained, in food moderate, replete with confidence and
sustained effort, him Mara overthrows not, as wind a rocky mountain. |
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As usually happens, the man who has tried a bad doctor is afraid to
trust even a good one. |
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By confidence, by virtue, by effort, by concentration, by the
invastigation of the Truth, by being endowed with knowledge and
conduct, and by being mindful, get rid of this great suffering. |
