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MIND AND BODY
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Verse 1
We need to maintain our physical health and mental abilities to keep them at their best.
The body is a Bodhi tree,
The mind like a bright mirror stand. Time and again brush it clean, And let no dust alight.
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The best things we can be are useful and modest.
Let him be able, and upright and straight, easy to speak to, gentle, and not proud.
Verse 2
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Our anger is visceral, physical. We must control these impulses.
Beware of the anger of the body. Master the body. Let it serve truth.
Verse 3
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Do not obsess over physical pleasure or pain.
Having abandoned sensuality—mindful, alert—don’t consort with suffering & stress
Verse 4
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Not everyone understands how to live mindfully. We must accept them as they are and focus on cultivating our selves.
