Monks, one thing, if practiced and made much of, conduces to great thrill, great profit, great security after the toil, to mindfulness and self-possession, to the winning of knowledge and insight, to pleasant living in this very life, to the realization of the fruit of release by knowledge. What is that one thing: It is mindfulness centered on the body.

If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he help others across?

An ignorant man ages like an ox. His flesh may increase, but not his understanding.

A noble person is mindful and thankful for the favors he receives from others.

Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma. Now I, joyfully and fearlessly, In the midst of the bodhisattvas Frankly casting aside my expedient devices, Merely preach the Unexcelled Path.

"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.

There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times.