Motif
Altruistic wish for others' flourishing
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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The Questions of King Milinda, Part II (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 36) Chapter 1. / YII, 1,1. / VII, 6, 12 / VII, 7, I; lines 14938-15107 confidence: medium
Opening verse wishes others no loss or diminution in spiritual qualities, possessions, family, strength, beauty, and joy, and describes this as longing for other men's advantage and success.
The opening verse enumerates a wish that others not lose virtues, possessions, family, strength, beauty, or joy and describes this as longing for other men's advantage and success.
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