Only within our body, with its heart and mind, can bondage and suffering be found, and only here can we find true liberation.

And for a disciple thus freed, in whose heart dwells peace, there is nothing to be added to what has been done, and naught more remains for him to do. Just as a rock of one solid mass remains unshaken by the wind, even so, neither forms, nor sounds, nor odors, nor tastes, nor contacts of any kind, neither the desired, nor the undesired, can cause such an one to waver. Steadfast is his mind, gained is deliverance.

When phenomena are individually analyzed as selfless, and what has been analyzed is meditated upon, that is the cause for attaining the fruit, nirvana. One does not go to peace through any other cause

There is no fire like passion. There are no chains like hate. Illusion is a net, Desire is a rushing river.

It is easy to see the faults of others... it is hard to see our own.

We begin to die from the moment we are born, for birth is the cause of death. The nature of decay is inherent in youth, the nature of sickness is inherent in health, in the midst of life we are verily in death.

Craving brings pain; craving brings fear. If you do not yield to craving, you will be free from pain and fear