A single candle can lit a thousand candles without losing anything. [...] Let us be like those shining candles [...] benefitting all sentient beings.

— Thích Nhật Từ Inner Freedom: A Spiritual Journey for Prison Inmates (2008)

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Source: Inner Freedom: A Spiritual Journey for Prison Inmates (2008), ISBN 1741893909.
Work: Inner Freedom: A Spiritual Journey for Prison Inmates, 2008
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Inner Freedom: A Spiritual Journey for Prison Inmates (2008)

Buddhist Socteriological Ethics: A Study of the Buddha’s Central Teachings (1999)

Buddhist Socteriological Ethics: A Study of the Buddha’s Central Teachings (1999)

Inner Freedom: A Spiritual Journey for Prison Inmates (2008)

Inner Freedom: A Spiritual Journey for Prison Inmates (2008)

Buddhist Socteriological Ethics: A Study of the Buddha’s Central Teachings (1999)

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