He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called an ariya.

Attachment leads to suffering.

Any material form, or thought, or feeling, past or present, should be regarded as, 'This is not mine, this is not what I am, this is not my self.'

For innumerable reasons, Mahamati, the Bodhisattva, whose nature is compassion, is not to eat any meat.

Through effort you will cross any raging flood, through energy you will pass any sorrow.

A raft needed to cross the river is discarded when the other shore is reached, not carried about on one's head.

There's a treasury full of jade and jewels; It is in you. Don't go searching far from home for it-it's here.