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 Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, he betrays all Buddhas.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.

Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it's worship. Such form is its real form.