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

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

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

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

True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment.

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.

The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.

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

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.

Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.

Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar,

My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence… Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions?

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

If you don’t plan your time, someone else will help you waste it.

There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that.

Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.

My costume helps me to express my conception of the average man, of almost any man, of myself.