His the knife, and mine the body the twofold cause of suffe… - Shantideva

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His the knife, and mine the body the twofold cause of suffering. He has grasped the knife, I my body. At which is there anger?

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Shantideva (sometimes Śāntideva) was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar and adherent of the Prasangika Madhyamaka philosophy, renowned as the author of the Bodhicaryavatara

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Alternative Names: Vushuk Pa • Śāntideva

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His the knife, and mine the body the twofold cause of suffering. He has grasped the knife, I my body. At which is there anger? - Shantideva

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