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Sutra
(skt.: sutra; tib.: do) Literally thread. It has two meanings: 
1. A sutra is a teaching given by Buddha Shakyamuni to his disciples. 
2. Abbreviation of the Sutrayana, the path of Sutra.

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"As long as we consider any phenomenon of Samsara as good or attractive, we create bonds which will result in taking rebirth, through the process we call the “Twelve Interdependent Links of Origination”."
- Lama Shenphen Rinpoche

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