Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Wherever there is light, there is shadow; wherever there is length, there is shortness; wherever there is white, there is black. Just like these, as the self-nature of things can not exist alone, they are called non-substantial.
Pity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely.
Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.
Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.
What you have become is the result of what you have thought
In his ignorance of the whole truth, each person maintains his own arrogant point of view.
Our mind is full of anger, jealousy and other negative feelings. Yet we do not realize that these are incompatible with inner peace and joy.
For the wakeful one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgement and blame, there is no fear.
Of all footprints, that of the elephant is supreme. Similarly, of all mindfulness meditations, that on death is supreme.
Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned.
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
The more completely we give of ourselves, the more completely the world gives back to us.
The shallow is easy to embrace, but the profound is difficult. To discard the shallow and seek the profound is the way of a person of courage.
There's a treasury full of jade and jewels; It is in you. Don't go searching far from home for it-it's here.
Before giving, the mind of the giver is happy; while giving, the mind of the giver is made peaceful; and having given, the mind of the giver is uplifted.
An ignorant man ages like an ox. His flesh may increase, but not his understanding.
One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind a cloud.
Attachment leads to suffering.
Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.
Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle hard to win.
Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.
Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about your own.
