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You don’t become just

Dhammapada, passage 205

206. The sight of the elect (Arya) is good, to live with them is always happiness; if a man does not see fools, he will be truly happy.

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When others do not understand,

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lust doesn’t seep into

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A wrongly directed mind

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A mendicant self-controlled and mindful

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“They abused me, they hit me!

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Not in midair, nor mid-ocean,

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While irrigators guide water,

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that’s who I declare a brahmin.

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that the floods cannot overflow.

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Guard against ill-tempered thoughts,

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It’s hard to gain a human birth;

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like the wind, a feeble tree.

Dhammapada, passage 354

359. The fields are damaged by weeds, mankind is damaged by lust: therefore a gift bestowed on those who are free from lust brings great reward.

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the life of mortals is hard;

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The attentive intent on absorption,

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even for the rest of their life,

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Delight in diligence!

Dhammapada, passage 368

373. A Bhikshu who has entered his empty house, and whose mind is tranquil, feels a more than human delight when he sees the law clearly.

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this attachment to the world,

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what joy is there in such a sight?

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The attentive say that shackle is not strong

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in this world and the next.

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275. If you go on this way, you will make an end of pain! The way was preached by me, when I had understood the removal of the thorns (in the flesh).

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78. Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

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four blessings grow:

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would do you more harm

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Yama’s men await you.

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the Buddha or his disciple,

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like a calf suckling its mother.

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than the hundred year sacrifice.

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wherever the perfected ones live

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lights up the world

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is said to be a senior.

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expert in the definition of terms,

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As a jasmine sheds

Dhammapada, passage 82

79. He who drinks in the law lives happily with a serene mind: the sage rejoices always in the law, as preached by the elect (Ariyas).

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Better than reciting

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fragrant and delightful.

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of sandal or pinwheel;

Dhammapada, passage 363

368. The Bhikshu who acts with kindness, who is calm in the doctrine of Buddha, will reach the quiet place (Nirvana), cessation of natural desires, and happiness.

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Better to live a single day

Dhammapada, passage 341

346. That fetter wise people call strong which drags down, yields, but is difficult to undo; after having cut this at last, people leave the world, free from cares, and leaving desires and pleasures behind.

Dhammapada, passage 262

265. He who always quiets the evil, whether small or large, he is called a Samana (a quiet man), because he has quieted all evil.

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This body is decrepit and frail,

Dhammapada, passage 300

305. He alone who, without ceasing, practises the duty of sitting alone and sleeping alone, he, subduing himself, will rejoice in the destruction of all desires alone, as if living in a forest.

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7. He who lives looking for pleasures only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his food, idle, and weak, Mara (the tempter) will certainly overthrow him, as the wind throws down a weak tree.

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and giving up all suffering is a blessing.

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as an expert a flower?