Religious Thought 245
Whatsoever a man has renounced, From the sorrow born of that he has freed himself. After a man has renounced, he enjoys the many true things in this World. Let men desiring that renounce in time.
- Tirukkural 35:341-342
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Seeing ourselves plainly, we can change, and as we do so, it brings a feeling of great relief, as if we had dropped a heavy load.
- Ayya Khema, "Who is My Self?"
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Religious Thought 244
When a man's wealth has disappeared, his kinsmen alone Will maintain their customary kindness. If a man's kindred cleave to him with unfailing love, His fortunes will never fail to flourish.
- Tirukkural 53: 521-522
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When other beings, especially those who hold a grudge against you, abuse and harm you out of envy, you should not abandon them, but hold them as objects of your greatest compassion and take care of them.
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Religious Thought 243
Those who are free from arrogance, anger, and lust Will prosper in great dignity.
- Tirukkural 431
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Good friends, recite in unison what I say: I vow to save all sentient beings everywhere. I vow to cut off all the passions everywhere. I vow to study all the Buddhist teachings everywhere. I vow to achieve the unsurpassed Buddha Way.
- The Sutra of Hui-Neng, adapted from the translations by Philip Yampolsky and A.F. Price
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Religious Thought 242
Whatsoever a man has renounced, From the sorrow born of that he has freed himself. After a man has renounced, he enjoys the many true things in this World. Let men desiring that renounce in time.
- Tirukkural 35:341-342
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The pleasure and joy that arise in dependence on the eye: this is the gratification in the eye. That the eye is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change: this is the danger in the eye. The removal and abandonment of desire and lust from the eye: this is the escape from the eye.
- Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"
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Religious Thought 241
All sorrow comes from fear. From nothing else. When you know this, You become free of it, And desire melts away. You become happy And still.
- Ashtavakra Gita 11:5
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Who would have thought that all things are the manifestation of the Essence of Mind!
- The Sutra of Hui Neng
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Religious Thought 240
Self-control will place a man among the Gods, While lack of it will lead him into deepest darkness.
- Tirukkural 13:121
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Whoever does no wrong in body, speech, heart; is restrained in these three ways: he's what I call a brahmin.
- Dhammapada, 391, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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