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.'

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

The true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation, and purity.

Abstain from all sinful, unwholesome actions, perform only pious wholesome ones, purify the mind; this is the teaching of enlightened ones

For the wakeful one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgement and blame, there is no fear.

To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.

He who, calm and clear as the moon, hankers no more for continuity-he is holy.