He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, - such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.

If you determine your course With force or speed, You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and what is wrong. Receiving all opinions equally, Without haste, wisely, Observe the dharma.

If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs,follow that wise man ; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love.

What you have become is the result of what you have thought

The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly.