“That army of yours”

— Gautama Buddha

Pali Canon, Sutta Pitaka, Khuddaka Nikaya (Minor Collection), Sutta Nipata (Suttas falling down), Sutta 3.2. Padhana Sutta

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philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism -563–-483 BC

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