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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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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? | ||