“Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.”

People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.

Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.

According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.

Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.

In order to see a fish you must watch the water

Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.

The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It’s subtle and hard to perceive. It’s like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can’t tell others.

When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.

When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.

Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.

Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.

And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.