There have been many Buddhas before me and will be many Buddhas in the future.

Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom.

If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual practitioner

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.

But ...meat eating in any form, in any manner, and in any place is unconditionally and once and for all prohibited ...Meat eating I have not permitted to anyone, I do not permit, I will not permit.

Of what I know, I have told you only a little. Why have I not told you the rest? Because it would not lead you to Nirvana.

Wonder of wonders! Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, endowed with wisdom and virtue, but because men's minds have become inverted through delusive thinking they fail to perceive this.