Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love..

That which arises dependent on something is not in the least that thing, neither is it different from it. Therefore, it is neither permanent or nothi….

Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain..

True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment. Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undr….

The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery..

A person is not earth, not water, Not fire, not wind, not space, Not consciousness, and not all of them. What person is there other than these?.

A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: either he abandons all earthly interests, or else he possesses much which could be abandoned..

Without hope of reward Provide help to others. Bear suffering alone, And share your pleasures with beggars..

Someone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds..

All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things..

The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery. The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel..

The teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, Any price will be paid..

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves..

Great compassion penetrates into the marrow of the bone. It is the support of all living beings. Like the love of a parent for an only child, the ten….

Ultimate serenity is the coming to rest of all ways of taking things, the repose of named things; no truth has been taught by a Buddha for anyone, an….

In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace..

He who does not attempt to make peace / When small discords arise, / Is like the bee's hive which leaks drops of honey / Soon, the whole hive collaps….

So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts.

Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void..

The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught non-duality, that so….

There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But t….