If you don't disturb yourself, like a broken gong does not vibrate, then you have achieved nirvana. Irritability no longer exists for you.

All created things are impermanent. Strive diligently.

Thoughtfulness is the way to deathlessness, thoughtlessness the way to death. The thoughtful do not die: the thoughtless are as if dead already.

By giving away food we get more strength. By bestowing clothing on others we gain more beauty. By donating abodes of purity and truth we acquire great treasures.

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.