Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.

Let yourself be open and life will be easier.

Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.

For the wakeful one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgement and blame, there is no fear.

The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.

To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation - this is the greatest blessing.

Go forth in every direction- for the happiness, the harmony, the welfare of the many. Offer your heart, the seeds of understanding, like a lamp overturned and re-lit, illuminating the darkness.