Even if exiled, an enemy may acquire a residence and followers
in another country whence he returns with his full strength. But
there is no such course for the enemy, mental afflictions.
Once the affliction that dwells in my mind has been expelled,
where would it go, and where would it rest and attempt to destroy
me? Feeble in spirit, I am lacking in perseverance. Mental
afflictions are frail and conquerable with the eye of wisdom.
-Shantideva in 'A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life' Ch. 4 v. 45-46,
trans. by Vesna A. & B. Alan Wallace.
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