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He who, having traversed this miry, perilous,
and delusive round of existence,
who has crossed over, and reached the other shore,
who is meditative, calm, free from doubt,
and, clinging to nothing, has attained to nibbāna:
him do I call a holy one. (Dpd 414)
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Faith VII
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Request for Uposatha Day Proposals
Dear readers, During the last year or so I have posted to this blog every Uposatha Day. I’ve run several series of posts on such…
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The Self Collapses, Concluding this Series.
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