Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.

As a net is made up of a series of ties, so everything in this world is connected by a series of ties. If anyone thinks that the mesh of a net is an independent, isolated thing, he is mistaken. It is called a net because it is made up of a series of interconnected meshes, and each mesh has its place and responsibility in relation to other meshes.

Wonder of wonders! Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, endowed with wisdom and virtue, but because men's minds have become inverted through delusive thinking they fail to perceive this.

To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.

Make of yourself a light.

Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.