Life is easy For the man who is without shame, Impudent as a crow, A vicious gossip, Vain, meddlesome, dissolute. But life is hard For the man who quietly undertakes The way of perfection, With purity, detachment and vigor. He sees light.

Like a beautiful flower, full of colour, but without scent, are wise words when spoken, but fruitless these words are when not carried out by the speaker.

To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat.

I call wise man who, while he is innocent , endures insults and blows with a patience equal to its strength.

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

Evil-doers who denounce the wise resemble a person who spits against the sky; the spittle will never reach the sky, but comes down on himself. Evil-doers again resemble a man who stirs the dust against the wind; the dust is never raised without doing him injury. Thus, the wise will never be hurt, but the curse is sure to destroy the evil-doers themselves.

There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know.