The secret of happiness lies in the mind's release from worldly ties.

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.

Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.

Monks, when ignorance is abandoned, and knowledge arises in the monk, with the ending of ignorance and the arising of knowledge he clings neither to sense-pleasures, nor does he cling to views, nor to precepts and vows, nor to a Self-doctrine. Not clinking, he is not disturbed; not disturbed, he attains individually nibbana.

Our problems are not solved by physical force, by hatred, by warOur problems are solved by loving kindness by gentleness, by joy