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Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Dhammapada 379, 380


Rouse yourself by yourself, examine yourself by yourself, thus self-protected and attentive will you live happily, O Bhikshu!

For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb yourself as the merchant curbs a good horse. 

IMAGE: Theodore Gericault, Horse Stopped by Four Young People (1817) 



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