If a man's thoughts are muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever is master of his own nature, Bright, clear and true, He may indeed wear the yellow robe.

Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done.We alone are responsible for our lives.

Bring your mind to noble silence. Unify your mind in noble silence. Concentrate your mind in noble silence... Enter into rapture and pleasure born of silence derived of concentration and awareness that is free from thought and fabrication.

For soon the body is discarded, Then what does it feel? A useless log of wood, it lies on the ground, Then what does it know? Your worst enemy cannot harm you As much as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, No one can help you as much, Not even your father or your mother.

The world is on fire! And you are laughing? You are deep in the dark. Will you not ask for a light?

Harm no other beings. They are just your brothers and sisters.

Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep meaning which, when heard, produces peace.