As the Fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts. |
Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence. |
Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts. |
Because a Bodhisattva who gives a gift should not be supported by a thing, nor should he be supported anywhere.The great being should give gifts in such a way that he is not supported by the notion of a sign and why ? Because the heap of merit of tha |
Because not even the least dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called `utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical is that dharma and nothing is therein at variance. Therefore is it called `utmost, right and perfect enlighten |
Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words; This is good luck |
Being generous, just helping one's relatives and being blameless in one's actions; this is the best good luck. |
Beings are owners of their action, heirs of their action. |
Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide |
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. |
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. |
Better the man that conquer a thousand thousand men is the one who conquer one, himself. |
Born out of concern for all beings. |
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it |
But to take refuge in the Buddha, the Dhammas and the Sangha and to see with real understanding the four noble truths |