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His last words to us in the chapter encourage us to take the medicine of conscientiousness that has been prescribed.
His last words to us in the chapter encourage us to take the medicine of conscientiousness that has been prescribed.
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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>
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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?

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