Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine |
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. |
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. |
My doctrine is not a doctrine but just a vision. I have not given you any set rules, I have not given you a system. |
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds |
Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stilled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal |
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. |
Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. All the beings in the world. One should create such a determination that `I will lead all of them into nirvana'. |
Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. All the beings in the world. One should create such a determination that `I will lead all of them into nirvana'. |
Nothing is permanent |
Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train. |
On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property. |
On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him. |
On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith, will be such as have honoured many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, such as have planted their roots |
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. |