Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness.

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

Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.

Let a man neither give himself over to pleasures ... nor yet let him give himself over to self-mortification ... To the exclusion of both these extremes, the Truth-Finder has discovered a middle course.

If there is only empty space, with no suns nor planets in it, then space loses its substantiality.

Seeker, empty the boat, lighten the load, be free of craving and judgment and hatred, and feel the joy of the way.

Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to kill.