Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world. |
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. |
Reverence, humility, contentment, gratitude and hearing the good Dhamma, this is the best good luck |
Seeking but not finding the house builder I travelled through life after life. How painful is repeated birth! House-builders, you have now been seen. You will not build the house again |
Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that `I must lead all the beings to nirvana, into that realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind'. What is this realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind ? |
Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity. |
Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace. |
The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task. |
The evils of the body are, murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse, and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred, and error. |
The example of the raft shows dharmas should be treated as provisional, as means to an end. The same holds good of emptiness too, the negation of dharmas. This corollary has elsewhere been illustrated by the simile of medicine which can heal any ill |
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground. |
The good shine from afar Like the snowy Himalayas. The bad don't appear Even when near, Like arrows shot into the night. |
The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest. |
The greatest prayer is patience |
The mind is everything. What you think you become. |