I will teach you the Truth and the Path leading to the Truth.

Follow the way of virtue. Follow the way joyfully through this world and on beyond.

At the end of the way is freedom. Until then, patience.

Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.

The gift of the Truth beats all other gifts. The flavour of the Truth beats all other tastes. The joy of the Truth beats all other joys, and the cessation of desire conquers all suffering

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.

The poisonous serpent of afflictions is sleeping in your mind; just as if a black viper were asleep in your room. You must use the hook of precepts to quickly remove it. When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease.