Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.

Just as you have come to know, the false discrimination of yourself, apply this mentally to all phenomena

The judgment: You are now before Yama, King of the Dead. In vain will you try to...deny or conceal the evil deeds you have done. ... the mirror in which Yama seems to read your past is your own memory, and also his judgment is your own. It is you yourself who pronounce your own judgment.

Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

The poisonous serpent of afflictions is sleeping in your mind; just as if a black viper were asleep in your room. You must use the hook of precepts to quickly remove it. When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease.

As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.