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.
Gautama BuddhaIt is the fool who is haunted by fears, dread of dangers, oppression of mind, not the wise man.
Gautama BuddhaTo eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat.
Gautama BuddhaThere has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.
Gautama Buddha