Illness must be understood, its causes eliminated,
Wellbeing must be attained, and medicine taken.
Likewise, suffering, its causes, their cessation and the path
Must in turn be understood, eliminated, realized and relied upon.
Maitreya
Uttaratantra Shastra, IV, 55
source: http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Uttaratantra_Shastra
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