Mind precedes all phenomena, mind matters most, everything is mind-made. If with an impure mind, you speak or act, then suffering follows you as the cartwheel follows the foot of the draft animal. If with a pure mind, you speak or act, then happiness follows you as a shadow that never departs

Like a mother who protects her child, her only child, with her own life, one should cultivate a heart of unlimited love and compassion towards all living beings.

When we free ourselves of desire, we will know serenity and freedom.

The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does not correspond to any reality.

He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, - such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.

Harm no other beings. They are just your brothers and sisters.

It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests.