All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state and unmanifest again when they are annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation?
Character is formed from the repeated choice of thoughts and action. Make the right choice-you shall have a firm and noble character.
He is the true hero who fights to protect the helpless; though cut limb from limb, flees not the field.
A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches and thoughts. And the consequences, whether good or bad of even the least of them, are far-reaching.
Happy is the unity of the Sangha. Happy is the discipline of the united ones.
Those who see all creatures within themselves, and themselves in all creatures know no fear. Those who see all creatures in themselves, and themselves in all creatures know no grief. How can the multiplicity of life, delude the one who sees its unity?
