"For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in."
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"For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in."
"The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what's pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false."
"When your mind is set in meditative equipoise, you can see reality exactly as it is"
"You are as the yellow leaf. The messengers of death are at hand. You are to travel far away. What will you take with you? You are the lamp To lighten the way. Then hurry, hurry. When your light shines."
"With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate."
"Establish your mind as necessary for knowledge and remembrance. Establish a mind free of grasping to anything."
"Wakefulness is the way to life. The fool sleeps As if he were already dead, But the master is awake And he lives forever."
"Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth."
"I have the True Dharma Eye, the Marvelous Mind of Nirvana, the True Form of the Formless, and the Subtle Dharma Gate, independent of words and transmitted beyond doctrine. This I have entrusted to Mahakashyapa."
"The gift of the Truth beats all other gifts. The flavour of the Truth beats all other tastes. The joy of the Truth beats all other joys, and the cessation of desire conquers all suffering"
"Seeing the similarity to oneself, one should not use violence or have it used."
"If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it; happiness is the outcome of good."
"The fool who recognizes his foolishness, is a wise man. But the fool who believes himself a wise man, he really is a fool."
"Wisdom makes light the darkness of ignorance."
"If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself."
"You yourself must earnestly practice, the enlightened ones only proclaim the path."
"The discipline which I have imparted to you will lead you when I am gone. Practice mindfulness diligently, to attain the goal of awakening."
"Keeping away for all evil deeds, cultivation of life by doing good deeds and purification of mind from mental impunities."
"When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of water from a lotus leaf."
"Never in the world does hatred cease by hatred; hatred ceases by love."