The discipline which I have imparted to you will lead you when I am gone. Practice mindfulness diligently, to attain the goal of awakening.
There is a way to be purified, to overcome sorrows and grief, to release suffering, to secure the right path to realize nirvana. This is to be mindful.
Come, live with the doors of the senses guarded, diligent and mindful, vigilant and mindful, with the ways of the mind well watched, possessed of a mind that is awake and observing.
Of what I know, I have told you only a little. Why have I not told you the rest? Because it would not lead you to Nirvana.
One who is wise and disciplined, always kind and intelligent, humble and free from pride. One like this will be praised.
Rising early and scorning laziness, remaining calm in time of strife, faultless in conduct and clever in actions. One like this will be praised.
Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised.
Being generous and kindly in speech, doing a good turn for others, and treating all alike. One like this will be praised.
There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.
What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?
Love is a gift of one’s inner most soul to another so both can be whole.
Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child.
The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of great compassion.
One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming other living beings.
If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say he will really be liberated.
For innumerable reasons, Mahamati, the Bodhisattva, whose nature is compassion, is not to eat any meat.
Therefore, do not eat meat which will cause terror among people, because it hinders the truth of emancipation; not to eat meat? this is the mark of the wise.
Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.
The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe.
In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.