From craving arises sorrow, from craving arises fear, but he who is freed from craving has no sorrow and certainly no fear.

For those struggling in midstream, in great fear of the flood, of growing old and of dying for all those I say, an island exists where there is no place for impediments, no place for clinging: the island of no going beyond. I call it nirvana, the complete destruction of old age and dying.

If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.

Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

Remember, the greatest gift to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.

Do not think lightly of good, that nothing will come of it. A whole water pot will fill up from dripping drops of water.

The world is full of suffering. Birth is suffering, decre- pitude is suffering, sickness and death are sufferings. To face a man of hatred is suffering, to be separated from a beloved one is suffering, to be vainly struggling to satisfy one's needs is suffering. In fact, life that is not free from desire and passion is always involved with suffering.