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Sunday, October 9, 2022

Dhammapada 256, 257


A man is not just if he carries a matter by violence; no, he who distinguishes both right and wrong, who is learned and leads others, not by violence, but by law and equity, and who is guarded by the law and intelligent, he is called just. 

IMAGE: Benigne Gagneraux, The Spirit of Peace Stopping the Horses of Mars (1793) 



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