Wonder of wonders! Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, endowed with wisdom and virtue, but because men’s minds have become inverted through delusive thinking they fail to perceive this.
Do not believe anything on the mere authority of teachers or priests. Accept as true and as the guide to your life only that which accords with your own reason and experience, after thorough investigation. Accept only that which contributes to the well-being of yourself and others.
A wrong action may not bring its reaction at once, even as fresh milk turns not sour at once: like a smouldering fire concealed under ashes it consumes the wrongdoer, the fool.
He who never thinks of anything as ‘mine’ does not feel the lack of anything: he is never worried by a sense of loss.
Why cling to the pain and the wrongs of yesterday? Why hold on to the very things that keep you from hope and love.
Want what you have and you will always get what you want.
He who is kind to animals heaven will protect.
Craving brings pain; craving brings fear. If you do not yield to craving, you will be free from pain and fear.
Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you.
Believe, meditate, see. Be harmless, be blameless. Awake to the law. And from all sorrows free yourself.
The world is on fire! And you are laughing? You are deep in the dark. Will you not ask for a light?
Beware of the anger of the body. Master the body. Let it serve truth. Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth. Beware of the anger of the mind. Master your thoughts. Let them serve truth.
There is no fire like passion. There are no chains like hate. Illusion is a net, Desire is a rushing river.
Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. The elephant hauls himself from the mud. In the same way drag yourself out of your sloth.
Follow the truth of the way. Reflect upon it. Make it your own. Live it. It will always sustain you.
The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates all things, the mind creates all things.
Explanation of the unspeakable cannot be finished.
The seeker is that which is being sought.
If you do not follow the right path, you will be lost.
Overcoming yourself is better than overcoming a million enemies in battle.