Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.

The world is full of suffering. Birth is suffering, decre- pitude is suffering, sickness and death are sufferings. To face a man of hatred is suffering, to be separated from a beloved one is suffering, to be vainly struggling to satisfy one's needs is suffering. In fact, life that is not free from desire and passion is always involved with suffering.

I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment.

It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness that makes it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world, and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear.

If the mind be fixed on the acquirement of any object, that object will be attained.

You yourself must make an effort. Buddhas are only show the way. The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the bondage of defilements.

Establish your mind as necessary for knowledge and remembrance. Establish a mind free of grasping to anything.