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(1) One must know that all visible phenomena, being
illusory, are unreal.
(2) One must know that the mind, being without independent
existence [apart from the One Mind], is impermanent.
(3) One must know that ideas arise from a number of
causes.
(4) One must know that the body and speech, being compounded
of the four elements, are transitory.
(5) One must know that the effects of past actions, from which
comes all sorrow, are inevitable.
(6) One must know that sorrow, being the means of convincing
one of the need of the religious life, is a guru.
(7) One must know that attachment to worldly things
makes material prosperity inimical to spiritual progress.
(8) One must know that misfortune, being the means of
leading one to the Doctrine, is also a guru.
(9) One must know that no thing has an independent
existence.
(10) One must know that all things are interdependent.
These are The Ten Things One Must Know.
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