Money is never more important than your body and mind, but you must work and support yourself. Never depend on others for your livelihood.

Use a mirror in difficult times. You will see both cause and resolution.

Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing.

A funeral is for those left behind. Sometimes, one wonders if the weeping is more out of fear for ourselves than it is sympathy for the deceased.

Self-discipline leads to higher spiritual states only if practiced with under- standing. The clearer the goal, the greater the result.

Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response.

It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive.