In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me - deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realised only by the wise.
Be determined. The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree.
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there’s no grief – so how fear?
