“Whether the cause possesses consciousness or not, distress is inevitable for embodied beings. That…”
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“Whether the cause possesses consciousness or not, distress is inevitable for embodied beings. That distress appears in what is conscious. Tolerate that pain therefore.”

Śāntideva, Bodhicaryāvatāra, Crosby & Skilton tr. (6:66)

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