Joy and openness come from our own contented heart.

Confusion conditions activity, which conditions consciousness, which conditions embodied personality, which conditions sensory experiences, which conditions impact, which conditions mood, which conditions craving, which conditions clinging, which conditions becoming, which conditions birth, which conditions aging and death.

The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.

Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.

Victory breeds hatred; the defeated live in pain. The peaceful live happily, giving up victory and defeat.

Do not disregard the accumulation of goodness, saying, 'This will come to nothing.' By the gradual falling of raindrops, a jar is filled.

The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does not correspond to any reality.