I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment.

What I know is like the leaves on that tree; what I teach is only a small part. But I offer it to all with an open hand. What do I not teach? Whatever is fascinating to discuss, divides people against each other, but has no bearing on putting an end to sorrow. What do I teach? Only what is necessary to take you to the other shore.

Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

You yourself must make an effort. Buddhas are only show the way. The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the bondage of defilements.

One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming other living beings.

As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world