Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing- Straighten yourself. You are your only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, And discover your master.
When you have great joy, you will become Buddhas!
If there is only empty space, with no suns nor planets in it, then space loses its substantiality.
Wherever we go, wherever we remain, the results of our actions follow us.
I am always at the beginning.
Not by mere eloquence, nor by handsome appearance, does a man become good-natured, should he be jealous, selfish and deceitful.
If you don’t see God in the next person you meet, look no further.
Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world: As star at dawn, a bubble in a stream A flash of lightning in a summer cloud A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.
Much though he recites the sacred texts, but acts not accordingly, that heedless man is like a cowherd who only counts the cows of others – he does not partake of the blessings of the holy life.
Don’t keep searching for the truth, just let go of your opinions.
If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear.
All rising to great places is by a winding stair.
To him in whom love dwells, the whole world is but one family.
Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred – this is the law Eternal.
The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed.
To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance.
The poisonous serpent of afflictions is sleeping in your mind; just as if a black viper were asleep in your room. You must use the hook of precepts to quickly remove it. When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease.
Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.
Though through all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he yet understands not the Dharma, as the spoon, the flavor of soup.
The hunger of passions is the greatest disease.