D o not conceal your faults or put on a special appearance to delude the multitudes. quote 7911 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
Y ou should know therefore, that everything in the world is impermanent. Meetings necessarily have separations, so do not harbor grief. quote 7895 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
A lways examine yourselves, and do not allow yourselves to have faults, this way you can gain liberation within my Dharma. quote 7894 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
F or this reason all of you should increasingly benefit yourselves by learning, considering, and cultivating wisdom. quote 7888 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
O ne with wisdom rides in a secure boat for crossing over the ocean of birth, old age, sickness, and death. quote 7887 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
D estroy the darkness of delusion with the brightness of wisdom. quote 7885 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
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. quote 7880 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
W ith respect to merit, you should always be single-minded. Relinquish laziness as you would avoid a hateful thief. quote 7879 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
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. quote 7878 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
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. quote 7877 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
I f you lose mindfulness you will lose all merit. If your power of mindfulness is firm and strong, though you mingle with the thieves of the five desires, they cannot harm you. quote 7871 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
Y ou should always single-mindedly and diligently seek the way out of all the moving and unmoving dharmas of the world, for they are all decaying, unfxed appearances. quote 7864 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
Y ou should restrain the five sense organs, and do not allow them to enter the fve desires as they please. quote 7863 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
I f you allow yourself to have thoughts of anger, you will hinder your own Way, and lose the merit and virtue you have gained. quote 7856 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
Y ou should know that a heart of anger is worse than a fierce fire. You should always guard against it, and not allow it to enter you. quote 7854 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
O ne who is able to practice patience can be called a great person who has strength. If you are unable to happily and patiently undergo the poison of malicious abuse, as if drinking sweet dew, you cannot be called a wise person who has entered the Way. quote 7853 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
P atience is a virtue which neither upholding the precepts nor the ascetic practices are able to compare with. quote 7852 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
I f a person is able to uphold the pure precepts, he will, as a result, be able to have good dharmas. If one lacks the pure precepts, no good merit and virtue can arise. Therefore you should know that the precepts are the dwelling place for the foremost and secure merit and virtue. quote 7846 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
B y relying on these precepts, you will give rise to all dhyana concentrations35, and reach the wisdom of the cessation of suffering. quote 7840 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. 35 Meditative concentrations.
T houghts of flattery are contradictory to the Way. Therefore you should have a straightforward disposition of mind. quote 7826 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
I f thoughts of arrogance arise you should quickly destroy them, because arrogance and pride are not appropriate even among the customs of lay people, how much the less for a person who has left the home-life and entered the Way. quote 7825 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
T hose who have shame have good dharmas; one without it is no different from the birds and beasts. quote 7824 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
I f you want to attain the happiness of still tranquility, you only need to eliminate the error of frivolous debate. quote 7822 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
I f you indulge in all sorts of idle discussions, your mind will be scattered and even though you have left the home-life, you will not attain liberation. quote 7821 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
R eceive peoples’ offerings to put an end to distress, but do not seek to obtain too much and spoil their good hearts. quote 7820 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.
