We living beings, right down to crickets, ants, mosquitoes , and flies, all possess life that is without beginning or end.

Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.

It is better to do nothing Than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.

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

Those who walk in the Way should avoid sensualism as those who carry hay would avoid coming near the fire.

Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply at life as it is. In the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom. We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it? The sage calls a person who knows how to dwell in mindfulness night and day, 'one who knows the better way to live alone.'

Form is emptiness, emptiness is form