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A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things. It even gives shade to those who wield an axe to cut it down

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The good shine from afar Like the snowy Himalayas. The bad don't appear Even when near, Like arrows shot into the night.
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Live every act fully, as if it were your last.
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Believe, meditate, see. Be harmless, be blameless. Awake to the law. And from all sorrows free yourself.
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Speak the truth do not become angered and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the gods.
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