They’re like blind people
who don’t believe
there’s such a thing as light. Bd37

When you return the world
to the world,
only then can you
transcend the mundane
while in the mundane. Hd133

…[not theory, not scripture, not faith, but] direct experience… bs27

That word is best
which heard
makes us quiet. Dh

The three poisons are
greed, anger, and delusion. Bd47

Not making distinctions
but dwelling
on that which is unchanging
is called clear vision. Cts32

As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives. Dh145

Not two.
No matter when or where, enlightenment means
entering this truth. Sn

Not two, not one, not none.

Why is there laughter,
why merriment,
when this world is on fire?
When you are living in darkness,
why don’t you look for light? Dh146

What are you left with?
A handful of ashes?
No.
Less than ashes,
and no hand at all. Tc98

Though I am ill in body
my mind shall not be ill. Tc98

The self is unmanifested, unthinkable, unchanging.
Knowing this,
you should not grieve. BgII25

Does the body need it,
or does it merely
stimulate the palate? Bg83

Surrendering one’s trust
is called the law. Ttc16

The non-dual is one
with the trusting mind. Sn

There is nothing like despair
to make one throw oneself
upon the gods. Rps12

Even a little effort
toward awareness
will yield protection
against the greatest fear. BgII40

Just let things be in their own way
and there will be
neither coming nor going. Sn

…their body as the lamp,
their mind as the wick,
the addition of discipline as its oil, and the power of wisdom
as its flame. Bd99

The absence of cause and effect is what’s meant by mind. Bs9

Your mind is nirvana. Bs9

At every moment,
where language can’t go,
that’s your mind. Bs23

Our nature has no shape,
and the dust of affliction
has no form.
To clean such a body you have to behold it. Bd111

If you use a trap to catch fish,
once you succeed
you can forget the trap.
If you use language
to find meaning,
once you find it
you can forget
language. Bd111

Do not search for the truth.
Only cease to cherish opinions. Sn

As mortals we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves. Bs5

The world is not material,
the sea of life is not misery… Hd135

No matter what a hater does to a hater, or an enemy to an enemy, a wrongly directed mind does us far greater mischief. Dh

Loss of mindfulness is the reason why people… remain unalarmed in the presence of things which actually menace their welfare. bS107

We let ourselves
every second
be overwhelmed
by the malrepresentation
of the senses.

It is when we stretch out our hands to our moira ["fate"] that we receive the sign of the god. Rkm62

Only s/he who knows what is enough will always have enough. Ttc46

On this path,
effort never goes to waste,
and there is no failure. BgII40

For those who lack resolution,
the decisions of life are many-branched and endless. BgII41

Do what you think is impossible.
In this way
your mind will be empty,
and the monster of illusion
will not be able to capture you. 7tm112

In meditation we begin to suspect that the ego is really a tyrant
who has usurped the throne… eos34

When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware there’s nothing to escape.

Desires do not hurt the mind as much as opinions do. The senses do not hinder enlightenment as much as the intellect does. Hd9

The affliction is not me.
The money is not me.
The pain is not me.
The fame is not me.
The loss is not me.
The power is not me.

The Dharma is the truth
that all natures are pure. Bs7

…the real body exists without existing… bs25

Mind is the teaching. Bd75

The movement of the tao consists in returning. The method of tao consists in softness. All things under heaven arise from the corporeal. The corporeal arises from the incorporeal. Ttc

He had understood that life in the home is indeed beset by a great many faults and calamities [and] opportunities for bad actions. Bs27

Fire, snakes, and lightning are less inimical to us than our own senses. Bs103

Enlightened people do not let even nature put them in a set mold. Hd13

The lost heritage of joy.