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"Heedfulness is the path to the Deathless. Heedlessness is the path to death. The heedful die not. The heedless are as if dead already. (Verse 21)"
DhammapadaThis world is blind! There are so few Who see things as they truly are — Dhammapada
"This world is blind! There are so few Who see things as they truly are. Come, take a good look at this world, Pretty like a kings chariot. Though fools become immersed in it, For the wise theres no attachment. See how much its like a bubble! See how much its like a mirage! The king of death does not see one Who regards the world in this way. Rouse yourself! And dont be lazy. Follow the good ways of dhamma. (Verses 168-174)"
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The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaaya, a division of the Paali Canon of Theravaada Buddhism
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