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“The scent of flowers cannot travel against the wind, and nor can that of sandalwood or jasmine, but the fragrance of the good does travel against the wind, and a good man perfumes the four quarters of the earth.”

~ Dhammapada 54

World history bears this out. Nero, Hitler, Stalin, and suchlike are ugly memories, but Krishna, Buddha, and Jesus are living presences, changing and preserving lives. How many times do the corrupt and degraded exhort the good and true to “wake up and see how things are” and “go with the flow.” But Buddha assures us that the good absolutely are able to move against “the flow” and exert great influence around them. History also shows how much a single person can change the world, altering the course of culture and history.

Today’s quotation and commentary are a guest feature written by Swami Nirmalananda Giri, the abbot of the Atma Jyoti Ashram. Please click here to read more by the insightful and inspirational author.

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