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So too, friend, purification of virtue is for the sake of reaching purification of mind; purification of mind is for the sake of reaching purification of view; purification of view is for the sake of reaching purification by overcoming doubt; purification by overcoming doubt is for the sake of reaching purification by knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path; purification by knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path is for the sake of reaching pur
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― The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
― The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
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Suppose a man threw into the sea a yoke with one hole in it, and the east wind carried it to the west, and the west wind carried it to the east, and the north wind carried it to the south, and the south wind carried it to the north. Suppose there were a blind turtle that came up once at the end of each century. What do you think, bhikkhus? Would that blind turtle put his neck into that yoke with one hole in it?"
"He might, venerable sir, sometime or other at the end of a long period."
"Bhikkhus,
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― The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
― The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya
