Buddha
Do not deceive each other, do not despise anybody anywhere, never in anger which any one to suffer through your body, words or thoughts. Like a mother maintaining her only son with her own life, keep they IMMEASURABLE LOVING THOUGHT for all creatures.
Above thee, below thee, on all sides of thee, keep on all the world thy SYMPATHY and IMMEASURABLE LOVING THOUGHT which is without obstruction, without any wish to injure, without enmity.
To be dwelling in much CONTEMPLATION while standing, walking, sitting or lying down, until sleep overcomes thee, is called living in BRAHMA.
The wise are CONTROLLED in deed, controlled in words, controlled in thoughts, verily, they are fully controlled.
DECAY is inherent in all composite things. Work out your own SALVATION with diligence.
There are FOUR UNLIMITED STATES OF MIND that the seeker of Enlightenment should cherish. They are compassion, tenderness, gladness and equianimity. One can remove greed by cherishing compassion; one can remove anger by tenderness, one can remove uffering by gladness, and one can remove the habit of discrimination of enemies and friends by cherishing an equitable mind.
It is a great compassion that makes people happy and contented; it is great tenderness that removes everything that does not make people happy and contented; it is a great gladness that makes everyone happy and contented with a mind of joy; there is a great peacefulness when everyone is happy and contented, and the one can have equal feelings towards everybody.
With care one may cherish these four UNLIMITED STATES OF MIND and may get rid of greed, and germ suffering, and the minds of love-hate, but it is not an easy thing to do. An evil mind is as hard to get rid of as a watchdog, and a right is as easy to lose as a deer in a forest; or an evil mind is as hard to remove as letters carved on stone, and a right mind is as easy to lose as words written in water. Indeed, it is the most difficult thing in life to train oneself for Enlightenment.
GOOD MEN and BAD MEN differ from each other in their nature. Bad men do not recognize a sinful act as sinful; it its sinfulness is brought to their attention, they do not cease doing it and do not like to have anyone inform them of their sinful acts. WISE MEN are sensitive to right and wrong; they cease doing anything as soon as they see that it is wrong; they are grateful to anyone who calls their attention to such wrongly acts.
Thus good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but WISE MEN appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else.
Buddha
TWENTY DIFFICULTIES overcome in this world:
1.It is HARD for a poor man to be generous.
2. It is HARD for a proud man to lead the way of Enlightenment.
3. It is HARD to seek Enlightenment at the cost of self-sacrifice.
4. It is HARD to be born while Buddha is in the world.
5. It is HARD to hear the teaching of Buddha.
6. It is HARD to keep the mind pure against the instincts of the body.
7. It is HARD not to desire things that are beautiful and attractive.
8. It is HARD for a strong man not to use his strength to satisfy his desires.
9. It is HARD not to get angry when one is insulted.
10. It is HARD to remain innocent when tempted by sudden circumstances.
11. It is HARD to apply oneself to study widely and thoroughly.
12. It is HARD not to despise a beginner.
13. It is HARD to keep oneself humble.
14. It is HARD to find good friends.
15. It is HARD to endure the discipline that leads to Enlightenment.
16. It is HARD not to be disturbed by external conditions and circumstances.
17. It is HARD to teach others by knowing their abilities.
18. It is HARD to maintain a peaceful mind.
19. It is HARD to argue about right or wrong.
20. It is HARD to find and learn a good method.
HATRED ceaseth not by hatred, hatred ceaseth by LOVE.
It is a very good deed to cast away greed and cherish a mind of charity. It is still better to keep one's mind on respecting the NOBLE PATH.
One should get rid of a selfish mind and replace it with a mind that is earnest to help others. An act to make another happy inspires the other to make still another happy, and so happiness is born from such an act.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Thou who seek Enlightenment must be careful of their first steps. No matter how high one's aspiration may be, it must be attained step by step.
The steps of the path to Enlightenment must be taken in our everyday life.
PEACE comes from within. Do not seek without.
Buddha
People have WORLDLY PASSIONS which lead them into delusions and sufferings. There are five ways to emancipate themselves from the bond of WORLDLY PASSIONS.
First, they should have right ideas of things, ideas that are based on careful observation, and understand CAUSES and EFFECTS and their significance correctly. Since the cause of suffering is rooted in the mind's desires and attachments, and since desire and attachment are related to mistaken observations by an ego-self, neglecting the significance of the law of cause and effect, and since it is from these observations, there can be peace only if the mind can be rid of these worldly passions.
Second, people can get rid of these mistaken observations and resulting worldly passions by careful and patient MIND-CONTROL. With efficient mind-control; they can avoid desires arising from the stimulation of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin and the subsequent mental processes and, by so doing, cut off the very root of all worldly passions.
Third, they should have CORRECT IDEAS with regard to the proper use of all things. That is with regard to articles of food and clothing, they should not think of them in relation to comfort and pleasure, but only in their relation to the body's need. CLOTHING is necessary to protect the body against extremes of heat and cold, and to conceal the shame of the body; FOOD is necessary for the nourishment of the body while it is training for ENLIGHTENMENT and BUDDHAHOOD> Worldly passions cannot arise through such thinking.
Fourth, people should learn ENDURANCE; they should learn to endure the discomfort of heat and cold, hunger and thirst; they should learn to be patient when receiving abuse and scorn; for it is the practice of endurance that quenches the fire and worldly passions which is burning up their bodies.
Fifth, people should learn to SEE and so AVOID all
danger. Just as a wise man keeps away from wild
horses and mad dogs, so one should not make
friends with evil men, nor should he go to places
what wise men avoid. If one practices CAUTION and
PRUDENCE, the fire of worldly passions which is
burning their vitals will die down
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