Full and Empty

I have been reading this wonderful little book called Like a Yeti Catching Marmots: A Little Treasury of Tibetan Proverbs. Some of them have resonated with me more then others. However, there have been a few that have stopped and really made me think. One of them says this “One thinks of Dharma when the stomach is full; one thinks of stealing when the stomach is empty.” In the most simplistic of terms, Dharma is understood by most as living by the natural universal laws whose observance enables humans to be contented and happy, and to save themselves from degradation and suffering.
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