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 has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse.

We living beings, right down to crickets, ants, mosquitoes , and flies, all possess life that is without beginning or end.

After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.

These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings, How much more so should you abandon bad states of mind!

Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do.