Motif
wise person creates an island safe from flood
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A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family Arks, Floating Refuges, Islands, and Tree Refuges. 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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Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses THE DHAMMAPADA / DHAMMAPADA / Chapter I. The Twin-Verses / Chapter II. On Earnestness; lines 195-238 confidence: high
“the wise man may make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm.”
The wise man is said to make for himself an island that no flood can overwhelm through earnestness, restraint, and control.
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