There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know.

He who slings mud loses ground.

Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so, brahmins, is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering. One should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.

Like a mother who protects her child, her only child, with her own life, one should cultivate a heart of unlimited love and compassion towards all living beings.

All composite things decay. Strive diligently.

Radiate boundless love towards the entire world - above, below, and across - unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. This is a helpful pointer for our everyday presence-practice. Can you catch yourself angrily defending your point of view or attacking the other person's? There's the ego.