Those which arise dependently are free of inherent existence.

The poisonous serpent of afflictions is sleeping in your mind; just as if a black viper were asleep in your room. You must use the hook of precepts to quickly remove it. When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease.

If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say he will really be liberated.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

I do not fight with the world but the world fights with me.

To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat.

All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. all phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed.