Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, there is no fraud. Hence the Tathagata is to be seen from no-marks as marks.
Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.
Apply yourself to solitude. One who is given to solitude knows things as they really are.
This is deathless: the liberation of the mind through lack of clinging.
I look upon the judgment of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, and the rise and fall of beliefs as but traces left by the four seasons.
It is better to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
If people become accustomed to lying, they will unconsciously commit every possible wrong deed. Before they can act wickedly, they must lie and once they begin to lie they will act wickedly without concern.
When ignorant people see someone who is dead, they are disgusted and horrified, even thought they too will be dead some day. I thought to myself: I don’t want to be like the ignorant people. After then, I couldn’t feel the usual intoxication with life anymore.
To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear.
Those who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed; and are not ashamed of what they ought to be – such men, embracing erroneous views, enter the woeful path.
Suffering is wishing things were other than they are.
Learn to ne happy with what you have.
Conquer the angry man by love.
To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat.
He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill – him I do call a holy man.
Be quick to do good. If you are slow, the mind, delighting in mischief, will catch you.
Let a man overcome anger by love.
Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.
Everything is extraordinarily clear. I see the whole landscape before me, I see my hands, my feet, my toes, and I smell the rich river mud. I feel a sense of tremendous strangeness and wonder at being alive. Wonder of wonders.