Healthy, Wealthy, & Wise

Healthy, Wealthy, & Wise

On Asceticism

bibamus, moriendum est

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Richard L. Johnson
Jan 09, 2022
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Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men, is he who would conquer just one — himself. Better to conquer yourself than others. When you've trained yourself, living in constant self-control, neither a deva nor gandhabba, nor a Mara banded with Brahmas, could turn that triumph back into defeat. ― Buddha

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