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.
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, and not starting.
Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
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.
