Do not let pleasure distract you from meditation, from the way. Free yourself from pleasure and pain.

You yourself must make an effort. Buddhas are only show the way. The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the bondage of defilements.

One should refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

Overcome your uncertainties and free yourself from dwelling on sorrow. When you delight in existence, you will awaken, and become a guide to those in need, revealing the path to many.

Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.