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Inflowing thoughts come to an end in those who are ever alert of mind, training themselves night and day, and ever intent on nirvana
Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.
All beings are not only the parents in the past. They will become the Buddha in the future. If you free their lives, you are Buddha.
Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.
If any of you wish to know how to have your bread fall butter side up, butter it on both sides, and then it will fall butter side up.
Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.
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.
To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation - this is the greatest blessing.
Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.
One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the Path.
He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called an ariya.
If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual practitioner
If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
For he who has died has been freed from sin...14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him.
Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.
As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
When one is overcome by this wretched, clinging desire in the world, one's sorrows increase like grass growing up after a lot of rain.
Those who speak much are blamed, those who speak little are blamed. In this world there are none who are not blamed. Try not to blame.
If a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up against the wind.
Lord, here am I, send me, I will redeem every son and daughter of Adam and Eve that lives on the earth, or that ever goes on the earth.
Let us live most happily, free from hatred in the midst of the hateful; Let us remain free from hatred in the midst of people who hate.
Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace.
Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.
Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.
The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does not correspond to any reality.
I manifested in a dreamlike way to dreamlike beings and gave a dreamlike Dharma, but in reality I never taught and never actually came.
Here will I live in the rainy season, here in the autumn and in the summer: thus muses the fool. He realizes not the danger (of death).
When you move your focus from competition to contribution life becomes a celebration. Never try to defeat people, just win their hearts.
Do not blindly believe what others say. See for yourself what brings contentment, clarity and peace. That is the path for you to follow.
All beings tremble before violence. All love life. All fear death. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?
There are these two kinds of gifts: a gift of material things & a gift of the Dhamma. Of the two, this is supreme: a gift of the Dhamma.
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.
Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires.
Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.
When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a lotus leaf.
As a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of evil; as a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of good.
Life at home is cramped and dirty, it is difficult to live a spiritual life completely, perfect and pure in all its parts while cabinned.
Do not disregard the accumulation of goodness, saying, 'This will come to nothing.' By the gradual falling of raindrops, a jar is filled.
With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate.
If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.
Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the garden of Eden, and who is our Father in Heaven.
Do you think that people will obey the truth because it is true, unless they love it? No, they will not. Truth is obeyed when it is loved.
If you don't disturb yourself, like a broken gong does not vibrate, then you have achieved nirvana. Irritability no longer exists for you.
When I was a young man, near the beginning of my life, I looked around with true mindfulness and saw that all things are subject to decay.
Abstain from all sinful, unwholesome actions, perform only pious wholesome ones, purify the mind; this is the teaching of enlightened ones
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.
One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind a cloud.
Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.