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the court of the monastery, a man asked him:
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THE END OF THE WORLD
Posted on Aug.01.2009 @ 09:07PM EDT by chontri

Not to be reached by traveling is the end of the world,
Yet there is no release from sorrow
Unless you reach the end of the world.

The one who is wise and lives a loving life
Begins to know the world's end.
And then he will neither long for this world
Nor for any world.


 



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