He who knows that this body is like froth, and has learnt that it is as unsubstantial as a mirage, will break the flower-pointed arrow of illusion, and never see the king of death.
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Just as a tree, though cut down, can grow again and again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way if the roots of craving are not wholly uprooted sorrows will come again and again.The Dhammapada
The traveler has reached the end of the journey In the freedom of the infinite he is free from all sorrows, the fetters that bound him are thrown away, and the burning fever of life is no more.
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He who holds back rising anger like a rolling chariot, him I call a real driver other people are but holding the reins.
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In the light of his vision he has found his freedom his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and his work is peace.
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As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even so is there the taking on of another body.
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