Establish your mind as necessary for knowledge and remembrance. Establish a mind free of grasping to anything.

Everything is extraordinarily clear. I see the whole landscape before me, I see my hands, my feet, my toes, and I smell the rich river mud. I feel a sense of tremendous strangeness and wonder at being alive. Wonder of wonders.

What I know is like the leaves on that tree; what I teach is only a small part. But I offer it to all with an open hand. What do I not teach? Whatever is fascinating to discuss, divides people against each other, but has no bearing on putting an end to sorrow. What do I teach? Only what is necessary to take you to the other shore.

Teach you? I cannot teach you. Go; experience for yourself

In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?

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

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.