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By love they will quench the fire of hate,
by wisdom the fire of delusion.
Those supreme ones extinguish delusion
with wisdom that breaks through to truth.

Itivuttaka 3.93
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If one going down into a river,
swollen and swiftly flowing,
is carried away by the current --
how can one help others across?

Sutta Nipāta 2.321
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As predicted, last night's insomnia made today worse than it should be, CFSwise.  Insomnia predictably caused by the late exertion, yesterday.  Three melatonin had no effect(!)  Now dogged by insatiable fatigue.  I can barely see.  And now I am being punished for taking my own breaths?HERE is something interesting.  I don't know, as I have yet to ( Read more... )

Things that are empty make a noise,
the full is always quiet.
The fool is like a half-filled pot,
the wise one is like a deep still pool.

Sutta Nipāta 3.726

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Spontaneous Revival Now Going for 10 Days Straight as People Travel Thousands of Miles to Join

It was moving.

What was all that Jesus jazz?

The strange case of the dead-but-not-dead Tibetan monks

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