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C onstantly, day and night, to recollect, to reflect on and to contemplate on the wholesome dharmas so as to cause the wholesome dharmas to increase from thought-moment to thoughtmoment, without allowing the least unwholesome thought to mingle in.


Buddhism quote 7872 |  Translated by Saddhaloka Bhikkhu.   See original Chinese




I f one sincerely, diligently and unceasingly seeks the Way, one will be able to reach one’s destination. What vow is there which cannot be fulfilled?


Buddhism quote 7873 |  Translated by Hisao Inagaki.   See original Chinese




S trong-willed and diligent, their determination never falters. Thus they become lamps to the world and fields of supreme merit; they always become teachers and harbor no thought of discrimination, aversion, or attachment.


Buddhism quote 7874 |  Translated by Hisao Inagaki.   See original Chinese




A ll should seek emancipation, cut the roots of samsara and its various evils, and so aspire to esc ape from the paths of immeasurable sorrow, fear and pain in the three evil realms.


Buddhism quote 7875 |  Translated by Hisao Inagaki.   See original Chinese




T hough one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle, yet he indeed is the noblest victor who conquers himself.


Buddhism quote 7876 |  v.103, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.   See original Chinese




I f you collect your thoughts, your mind will be concentrated. If your mind is concentrated, you can know the arising and ceasing of all dharma’s appearances. All of you should constantly and vigorously cultivate concentration.


Buddhism quote 7877 |  Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese




I f you attain concentration your mind will not be scattered. It is like a household that uses its water sparingly and is able to regulate its irrigation ditches. One who cultivates concentration is also the same way; for the sake of the water of wisdom he cultivates dhyana concentration, so it doesn’t leak away.


Buddhism quote 7878 |  Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese





T hose who allow their minds to wander freely lose the goodness that people do. By restraining it in one place there is no affair which cannot be completed.


Buddhism quote 7880 |  Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese




T he wise ones, ever meditative and steadfastly persevering, alone experience Nibbana, the incomparable freedom from bondage.


Buddhism quote 7881 |  v.23, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.   See original Chinese




B etter it is to live one day wise and meditative than to live a hundred years foolish and uncontrolled.


Buddhism quote 7882 |  v.111, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.   See original Chinese




W isdom never becomes perfect in one whose mind is not steadfast, who knows not the Good Teaching and whose faith wavers.


Buddhism quote 7883 |  v.38, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.   See original Chinese




C alm is his thought, calm his speech, and calm his deed, who, truly knowing, is wholly freed, perfectly tranquil and wise.


Buddhism quote 7884 |  v.96, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.   See original Chinese





B odhisattvas apply themselves and deeply appreciate study and erudition, constantly striving to expand their wisdom and refine their eloquence. Nothing brings them greater joy than teaching and transforming living beings.


Buddhism quote 7886 |  Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese






T hose who see the Way are like someone holding a torch who enters a dark room, dispelling the darkness so that only light remains. When you study the Way and see the truth, ignorance vanishes and light remains forever.


Buddhism quote 7889 |  Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese




A ccordingly, extract one organ, free it from adhesion, and subdue it at its inner core. Once subdued, it will return to primal truth and radiate its innate brilliance. When that brilliance shines forth, the remaining five adhesions will b e f re e d to accomplish total liberation.


Buddhism quote 7890 |  Book 4, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese




H e dwelt in the realization that all dharmas are empty, devoid of distinctive features, and not to be sought after, and that they neither act nor arise; he thus realized that all dharmas are like magical creations.


Buddhism quote 7891 |  Translated by Hisao Inagaki.   See original Chinese




T hey have completed the bodhisattva’s course of Paramitas and practiced the samadhis of emptiness, non-form and non-desire, the samadhi of non-arising and non-ceasing and many other samadhis; they have gone far beyond the stages of sravakas and pratyekabuddhas.


Buddhism quote 7892 |  Translated by Hisao Inagaki.   See original Chinese




R ealizing that this body is like froth, penetrating its mirage-like nature, and plucking out Mara’s flower-tipped arrows of sensuality, go beyond sight of the King of Death!


Buddhism quote 7893 |  v.46, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.   See original Chinese






Y ou should be mindful of the four elements within the body. Though each has a name, none of them is the self. Since they are not the self, they are like an illusion.


Buddhism quote 7896 |  Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.   See original Chinese



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