We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we are the same as everything.

All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. all phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed.

It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear.

Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.

True love is born from understanding.

There are these two kinds of gifts: a gift of material things & a gift of the Dhamma. Of the two, this is supreme: a gift of the Dhamma.

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