In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

How can a troubled mind Understand the way? If a man is disturbed He will never be filled with knowledge. An untroubled mind, No longer seeking to consider What is right and what is wrong, A mind beyond judgements, Watches and understands. Know that the body is a fragile jar, And make a castle of your mind. In every trial Let understanding fight for you To defend what you have won.

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!

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

Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing- Straighten yourself. You are your only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, And discover your master.

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

Do not think lightly of good, that nothing will come of it. A whole water pot will fill up from dripping drops of water.