The person who masters himself through self-control and discipline is truly undefeatable.

To master the pride of defiant selfhood, that in truth is the highest bliss.

Whoever sees me sees the teaching, and whoever sees the teaching sees me.

The no-mind not-thinks no-thoughts about no-things.

No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.

Here even the various mind-pleasing blossoming flowers, and attractive shining supreme golden houses, have no inherently existent maker at all. They are set up through the power of thought. Through the power of conceptuality the world is established

Evil-doers who denounce the wise resemble a person who spits against the sky; the spittle will never reach the sky, but comes down on himself. Evil-doers again resemble a man who stirs the dust against the wind; the dust is never raised without doing him injury. Thus, the wise will never be hurt, but the curse is sure to destroy the evil-doers themselves.