The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.

All beings are not only the parents in the past. They will become the Buddha in the future. If you free their lives, you are Buddha.

Life is so very difficult. How can we be anything but kind.

Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.

There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he is indeed close to nirvana.

You are as the yellow leaf. The messengers of death are at hand. You are to travel far away. What will you take with you? You are the lamp To lighten the way. Then hurry, hurry. When your light shines.

Those who speak much are blamed, those who speak little are blamed. In this world there are none who are not blamed. Try not to blame.