“So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts”

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 collapses.

A Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good,

One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more

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?

The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit.

The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.

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

There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.

To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.

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

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

Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.

Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

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, anywhere.

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

Some to rely on dualism, other on non-dualism; And to some he teaches the profound, The terrifying, the practice of enlightenment, Whose essence is emptiness that is compassion

Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.

The ideal of helping is to make others independent of you. You help them to become more independent rather than making them addicted to you.

Maybe it will all become one big thing, with smart, talented people who love a thing, helping each other be better.

I wasn’t really able to love someone but I couldn’t help but want to be loved.

It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at what they do. That’s how I feel about Meryl Streep.

The truth lies beyond all forms of conceptual fundamentalism. What you are is the beyond—awake and present, here and now already. I am simply helping you to realize that.

You know the most important thing the Americans did for Iraq apart from liberating the country from Saddam was helping Iraq reduce its debt.

Misery needs your conspiracy; it needs your help. Without your resistance misery cannot survive.