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“As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its colour or scent, so let a sage dwell in his village.
— Dhammapada, verse 49 – tr. F. Max Müller (1881)
Dhammapada, verse 49 – tr. F. Max Müller (1881)
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