Don't indulge in careless behaviour. Don't be the friend of sensual pleasures. He who meditates attentively attains abundant joy.
Winter always turns into Spring.
There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.
Suffering is an illusion.
It is better to do nothing Than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.
As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color & fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world.
May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free. May the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending each other. May those who find themselves in trackless, fearful wilderness- the children, the aged, the unprotected- be guarded by beneficent celestials, and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.
Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
Happy are those who have overcome their egos; happy are those who have attained peace; happy are those who have found the Truth.
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.
As a bee without harming the flower, its colour or scent, flies away, collecting only the honey, even so should the sage wander in the village.
The non-doing of any evil, the performance of what's skillful, the cleansing of one's own mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened.
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.
Mindfulness of the body leads to nirvana.
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.
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.
The end of desire is the end of sorrow.
Harm no other beings. They are just your brothers and sisters.
People with opinions just go around bothering each other.
If you want to understand the causes that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present. And if you want to understand what results will be manifested in the future, look at the causes that exist in the present.
The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of Great Kindness.
Those... who find delight in freedom from attachment in the renunciation of clinging, free from the inflow of thoughts, they are like shining lights, having reached final liberation in the world.
Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm.
Better than a long speech is a single quietening word.
