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|quote-text=What invalids in need of medicine<br>Ignored their doctor’s words and gained their health? (4.48cd)<ref>Fletcher and Blankleder, ''Way of the Bodhisattva'', 60.</ref> | |quote-text=What invalids in need of medicine<br>Ignored their doctor’s words and gained their health? (4.48cd)<ref>Fletcher and Blankleder, ''Way of the Bodhisattva'', 60.</ref> | ||
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In other words, Śāntideva asks, what kind of patient who is in need of relief from disease would not take the medicine prescribed by their doctor? | In other words, Śāntideva asks, what kind of patient who is in need of relief from disease would not take the medicine prescribed by their doctor? | ||
Spurred on by the thought of our precious and rare opportunity and how fragile that opportunity can be, Śāntideva implores us to seize the day and strive to develop this conscientiousness that helps us maintain a healthy and disciplined mind. | Spurred on by the thought of our precious and rare opportunity and how fragile that opportunity can be, Śāntideva implores us to seize the day and strive to develop this conscientiousness that helps us maintain a healthy and disciplined mind. | ||
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