Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.
Gautama BuddhaHe 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.
Gautama BuddhaI look upon the judgment of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, and the rise and fall of beliefs as but traces left by the four seasons.
Gautama BuddhaThe big belly can accommodate all kinds of things. The benevolence is never let a dust behind.
Gautama BuddhaIn what is seen, there should be just the seen; In what is heard, there should be just the heard; In what is sensed, there should be just the sensed; In what is thought, there should be just the thought. He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak in the world.
Gautama Buddha