The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe.

There is, monks, an unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned. If, monks, there were no unborn... no escape would be discerned from what is born, become, made, conditioned. But because there is an unborn..., therefore an escape is discerned from what is born, become, made, conditioned.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

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

It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.

Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.

We will be thankful and grateful. Not even the last thing that is done for us shall be forgotten.