When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.

To give up doing evil is more important than making merit.

Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.

If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises. If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don't have to run away. You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly.

We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.

Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to catch emotions and feelings that come, and investigate them before you react.