Rouse yourself! Don’t be negligent!
Life the Dharma, a life of good conduct.
. . . Do not follow a wrong view;
Don’t be engrossed in the world.

— Buddha

Evil is done by oneself alone;
By oneself is one defiled.
Evil is avoided by oneself;
By oneself alone is one purified.
Purity and impurity depend on oneself;
No one can purify another.

— Buddha

Why the laughter, why the joy,
When flames are ever burning?
Surrounded by darkness,
Shouldn’t you search for the light?

— Buddha

All tremble at violence;
Life is dear for all.
Seeing others as being like yourself,
Do not kill or cause others to kill.

— Buddha

Don’t disregard evil, thinking,
“It won’t come back to me!”
With dripping drops of water
Even a water jug is filled.
Little by little,
A fool is filled with evil.

— Buddha

Better than a thousand meaningless statements
Is one meaningful word,
Which, having been heard,
Brings Peace

— Buddha

For someone
At the journey’s end,
Freed from sorrow,
Liberated in all ways,
Released from all bonds,
No Fever exists.

— Buddha

Like someone pointing to treasure
Is the wise person
Who sees your faults and points them out.
Associate with such a sage.

— Buddha

Reasoning is harmful
To fools;
It ruins their good fortune
And splits open their heads

— Buddha

Just as from a heap of flowers
Many garlands can be made,
So, you, with your mortal life,
Should do many skillful things.

— Buddha

For those who are unsteady of mind,
Who do not know true Dharma,
And whose serenity wavers,
Wisdom does not mature.

— Buddha

Driving away negligence with vigilance,
Ascending the tower of insight and free of sorrow,
A sage observes the sorrowing masses
As someone standing on a mountain observes
fools on the ground below.

— Buddha

Speak or act with a corrupted mind,
And suffering follows
As the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox

— Buddha