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The Rise of the Asuras and the Sword of Wisdom

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The Buddha Is Bringing the Sword of Fearlessness

The Buddha is bringing the sword of fearlessness. He's got a message for them. Worship your own body and beauty and sexual allure and you'll always feel ugly. You'll need ever more power over others to keep the fear at bay. So this in a way echoes some words of the Buddha, two and a half thousand years ago,. In a teaching called the Atadandasu to the Buddhist head, fear is born of arming oneself.

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