If you don't see God in the next person you meet, look no further.

To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.

How can a troubled mind Understand the way? If a man is disturbed He will never be filled with knowledge. An untroubled mind, No longer seeking to consider What is right and what is wrong, A mind beyond judgements, Watches and understands. Know that the body is a fragile jar, And make a castle of your mind. In every trial Let understanding fight for you To defend what you have won.

Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion.

An unreflective mind is a poor roof. Passion, like the rain, floods the house. But if the roof is strong, there is shelter. Whoever follows impure thoughts Suffers in this world and the next. In both worlds he suffers And how greatly.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.