If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.

All know the way, but few actually walk it.

But this mind isn't somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can't move. The body has no awareness. Like a plant or a stone, the body has no nature. So how does it move? It's the mind that moves.

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.

People who don't see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.

If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.