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A skilled physician ministers to his

patients individually, giving each the

appropriate medicine necessary to cure

his particular disease. Furthermore, the

method and materials of treatment will

vary according to the particular

combination of circumstances of time

and country. Yet all the widely differing

medicines and medical methods are

similar in that each of them aims to

deliver the suffering patient from his

sickness. In the same way, all religious

teachings and methods are intended to

free living beings from misery and the

cause of misery, and to provide them

with happiness and the cause of

happiness.