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# ལྷའ་མད intro.13

The Devatā Sūtra intro.13

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### [intro.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.devatasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.13)

“ ‘Lust is attractive but not beneficial,  
And liberation is beneficial but not attractive.  
Attachment is a harmful disease,  
And the Buddha is the supreme physician.’ ”

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