Treasures in heaven means spiritual enlightenment and purity of heart matter because material possessions cannot follow the soul after death.
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Treasure
Jiang turns late Inferno and early Purgatorio into a struggle over imagination itself.
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Jiang turns late Inferno and early Purgatorio into a struggle over imagination itself.
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"Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth, where moth and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up..."
"Okay, so focus on your own spiritual enlightenment. Focus on making your heart pure, good, and virtuous. Don't worry about other people, don't worry..."
"a treasure map for imagination right because um back to your point about dante starting ushering in renaissance if you look at renaissance paintings..."
"the ultimate treasures yes yes okay like a hiker you probably know the japanese like"
"...this present, ancient times. The light in which there smiled, the treasure I had found within it, first began to dazzle, as would a..."
"...free will a man gives up what i have called his treasure his free will what then can be a fitting compensation to use..."
"...an al -Qaeda warlord. Afghanistan, after 20 years of blood and treasure expended, is back in the hands of the Taliban. And Iraq is..."
"...wrote the op -ed for American audience saying like the greatest treasure, the greatest wealth of America is the First Amendment, the right to..."
"...we win this war, all the riches of Troy, all the treasures, will belong to you, Achilles. Again, Manon will give you his daughter..."
"...I'm risking my life for you. You gain most of the treasure. You gain most of the profit from this war."
"...really saying. But he's so honest that, you know, it's a treasure trove of information about how we behave, about what drives history."
"...him my daughter in marriage i will give him all the treasure in the world if he comes and fights for us so odysseus..."
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