Buddhism

If a person does something wrong, let them not keep doing it. Let them not find pleasure in wrongdoing. Painful is the accumulation of bad conduct.

Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor; nor upon what is in a scripture. But when you yourselves know: these things are good; these things are not blamable; undertaken and observed, these things lead to benefit and happiness — then enter on and abide in them.

There are these four kinds of generosity: giving material gifts, giving the gift of fearlessness, giving the gift of the Dhamma, and giving the gift of forgiveness.

I am subject to aging, have not gone beyond aging. I am subject to illness, have not gone beyond illness. I am subject to death, have not gone beyond death. I will grow different, separate from all that is dear and appealing to me.

Mind is the forerunner of all actions. All deeds are led by mind, created by mind. If one speaks or acts with a corrupt mind, suffering follows, as the wheel follows the hoof of an ox. If one speaks or acts with a serene mind, happiness follows, as a shadow that never departs.

Mind is the forerunner of all actions. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows like a shadow that never leaves.

'He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me.' Those who harbor such thoughts do not still their hatred. 'He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me.' Those who do not harbor such thoughts still their hatred.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill. All tremble at violence; life is dear to all. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

What is laughter, what is joy, when the world is ever burning? Shrouded in darkness, would you not seek the light?

To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.

To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to purify one's mind — this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.