The taste of liberation
“Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.”
“Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.”
“I will not look at another’s bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed.”
“Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.”
“Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let them resolutely pursue a solitary course.”
“Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.”
“If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across?”
“All conditioned things are impermanent—when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.”
“The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.”
“If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows them like a never-departing shadow.”
“As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.”
“The root of suffering is attachment.”
“As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.”
“All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.”
“Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.”
“Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.”
“Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit.”
“Whatever has the nature of arising has the nature of ceasing.”
