What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering.

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My doctrine is not a doctrine but just a vision. I have not given you...

My doctrine is not a doctrine but just a vision. I have not given you...

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man...

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man...

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as...

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

What you are is what you have been. What youll be is what you do...

What you are is what you have been. What youll be is what you do...

It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults....

It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults....

And the Buddha is the person whos free: free of plans, free of cares.

And the Buddha is the person whos free: free of plans, free of cares.

It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (languor), how few...

It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (languor), how few...

To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple...

To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple...

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and...

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and...

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

The example of the raft shows dharmas should be treated as provisional, as means to...

The example of the raft shows dharmas should be treated as provisional, as means to...

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the...

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the...

The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to...

The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to...

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one...

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one...

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that `I...

Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that `I...

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men,...

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men,...

Paradise is seldom recognized as such until it is considered from the outside.

Paradise is seldom recognized as such until it is considered from the outside.