Life is a river always flowing. do not hold onto things. work hard.

For those struggling in midstream, in great fear of the flood, of growing old and of dying for all those I say, an island exists where there is no place for impediments, no place for clinging: the island of no going beyond. I call it nirvana, the complete destruction of old age and dying.

How deeply did you learn to let go?

With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate.

I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful thing. But now, housebuilder, I have found you out. You will not build me a house again. All your rafters are broken, your ridge-pole shattered. My mind is free from active thought, and has made an end of craving.

Being generous and kindly in speech, doing a good turn for others, and treating all alike. One like this will be praised.

Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse.