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

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 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

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

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

What we’re calling ‘presencing’ is possible because of this womb, where the absolute and the manifest interact.

The true meaning of the precepts is that one should refrain not only from drinking alcohol but also from getting drunk on nirvana.

If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?

One thing that these Buddhists have certainly gotten right is that attention to attention is the key to taking control of your mental life.

I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.

Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no everyday actions outside of Dharma.