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Hate brings great misfortune,
hate churns up and harms the mind;
this fearful danger deep within
most people do not understand.
Itivuttaka 3.88
Armistice
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“…on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month…”
On this day in 1918 CE, the armistice between the Allies:
- the Kingdom of Serbia
- the French Third Republic
- the Kingdom of Belgium
- the British Empire
- the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- the Dominion of Canada
- the Commonwealth of Australia
- the Indian Empire
- the Union of South Africa
- the Dominion of Newfoundland
- the Kingdom of Nepal
- the Kingdom of Montenegro
- the Empire of Japan
- the Kingdom of Italy
- the Portuguese First Republic
- the Kingdom of Romania
- the United States of America
- the Kingdom of Greece
- the Republic of the United States of Brazil
and the Central Powers:
- the German Empire
- the Austro-Hungarian Empire
- the Ottoman Empire
- the Kingdom of Bulgaria
was signed. The Russian Empire had withdrawn from hostilities in 1917 after the revolution.
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Through conviction one crosses over the flood.
Through heedfulness, the sea.
Through persistence one overcomes suffering & stress.
Through discernment a person is purified.
Sutta Nipāta 1.186
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