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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.

A ll of you Bhikshus! You should accept various kinds of food and drink as if you were taking medicine. Whether they be good or bad, do not take more or less of them, but use them to cure hunger and thirst and to maintain the body.

quote 7819 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

T hose who are discontent are always dragged along by their fve sense organs, and are pitied by those who are content.

quote 7818 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

P eople who are content, although they might sleep on the ground, are peaceful and happy. Those who are not content, although they might abide in the heavens, are still dissatisfed.

quote 7817 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

T he dharma of contentment is the dwelling of blessings, happiness, and peace.

quote 7816 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

O ur minds are never satisfied or content with just enough. The more we obtain, the more we want. Thus we create offenses and perform evil deeds. Bodhisattvas don’t wish to make these mistakes. Instead, they choose to be content. They nurture the Way, living a quiet life in humble surroundings-their sole occupation, cultivating wisdom.

quote 7815 | The Eight Great Awakenings Sutra
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

T hose who harbor little desire will have a peaceful mind free of worry or fear. They are always satisfied and never in want of anything.

quote 7814 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by Pure Voices. Hong Kong.

T hose who have little desire do not ?atter in order to get what they want from others, and will not be dominated by the sense organs and succumb to temptation of sensory pleasure.

quote 7813 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by Pure Voices. Hong Kong.

T oo much desire brings pain. Death and rebirth are wearisome ordeals, originating from our thoughts of greed and lust. By lessening desires we can realize absolute truth and enjoy peace, freedom, and health in body and mind.

quote 7812 | The Eight Great Awakenings Sutra
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

G reed and desires cause people to worry and worry leads to fear. If you rid yourself of desire, what is there to worry or fear about?

quote 7811 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by Pure Voices. Hong Kong.

D esire is born from your intentions. Intentions are born from thoughts. When both aspects of the mind are still, there is neither form nor activity.

quote 7810 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

B e careful not to believe your own mind; your mind is not to be believed. Be careful not to get involved with sex; involvement with sex leads to disaster. After you have attained Arhatship, you can believe your own mind.

quote 7809 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

P eople who cherish love and desire do not see the Way. Just as when you stir clear water with your hand, those who stand beside it cannot see their re?ections, so, too, people who are entangled in love and desire have turbidity in their minds, and therefore they cannot see the Way. You Shramanas should cast aside love and desire. When the stains of love and desire disappear, you will be able to see the Way.

quote 7808 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

A person harbouring greed and desire is like holding a torch walking against the wind; he is bound to burn his hand.

quote 7807 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by Pure Voices. Hong Kong.

P eople are bound to their families and homes to an extent that is worse than being confined by a prison. There will be a day when a prisoner is set free, but people will never think of leaving their families. Don’t they fear they will be overpowered by emotion, love, and sex? Despite being in danger under a tiger’s jaws, their hearts are blissfully oblivious as if they are throwing themselves into a swamp and drown, therefore, they are known as ordinary people. If one can pass through this gateway to rid of afiction, one will become an Arhat!

quote 7806 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by Pure Voices. Hong Kong.

P eople are unable to renounce wealth and sex. They are just like a child who cannot resist honey on the blade of a knife. Even though the amount is not even enough for a single meal serving, he will lick it and risk cutting his tongue in the process.

quote 7805 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

P eople who cultivate the Way are like dry grass: it is essential to keep it away from an oncoming fire. People who cultivate the Way look upon desire as something they must stay far away from.

quote 7804 | The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

W hen you teach people of the world to cultivate Samadhi, they must first of all cut off the mind of sexual desire. This is the first clear and decisive instruction on purity given by the Tathagatas, the Buddhas of the past, the Bhagavans.

quote 7803 | The Surangama Sutra
Book 6, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

I t is because beings are impeded by transitory defilements and afflictions that they do not realize Bodhi³¹ or become Arhats.

quote 7802 | The Surangama Sutra
Book 1, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

31 Perfect Enlightenment.

T hose whose minds have reached full excellence in the factors of enlightenment, who, having renounced acquisitiveness, rejoice in not clinging to things — rid of cankers, glowing with wisdom, they have attained Nibbana in this very life.

quote 7801 | The Dhammapada
v.88, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

F ew among men are those who cross to the farther shore. The rest, the bulk of men, only run up and down the hither bank. But those who act according to the perfectly taught Dhamma³⁰ will cross the realm of Death, so difficult to cross.

quote 7800 | The Dhammapada
vv.85, 86, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

30 Dhamma: Or Dharma, the truth taught by the Buddha.(?:???????)

E asy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difcult to do are things that are good and benefcial.

quote 7799 | The Dhammapada
v.163, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

H e is indeed virtuous, wise, and righteous who neither for his own sake nor for the sake of another (does any wrong), who does not crave for sons, wealth, or kingdom, and does not desire success by unjust means.

quote 7798 | The Dhammapada
v.84, translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita.

I f you delight in crowds, you will undergo much affliction. It is like when a flock of birds gathers in a great tree, the tree is in danger of collapsing.

quote 7797 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

S eek quietude, unconditioned peace, and happiness. You should be apar t from confusion and disturbances, and dwell alone in seclusion. People who dwell in quietude are revered by the heavenly ruler Shakra and all the gods. For this reason you should leave your own group and other groups; dwell alone in seclusion and contemplate the root of suffering’s end.

quote 7796 | The Sutra on the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching
Translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society.

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Wisdom and teachings ofBuddhism

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Buddhism