Never tell a lie. Anyone who can tell you the slightest of lies is also capable of any evil.

The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of Great Kindness.

From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there's no grief- so how fear?

Kindnessis giving others happiness.Compassionis removing others' bitterness.Joyis freeing others from suffering.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

Do not accept what you hear by report, do not accept tradition, do not accept a statement because it is found in our books, nor because it is in accord with your belief, nor because it is the saying of your teacher. Be lamps unto yourselves. Those who, either now or after I am dead, shall rely upon themselves only and not look for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who shall reach the topmost height.

When phenomena are individually analyzed as selfless, and what has been analyzed is meditated upon, that is the cause for attaining the fruit, nirvana. One does not go to peace through any other cause