1. It is better to conquer yourself than to win a
thousand battles. Then the victory is yours.
2. Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who
loves life avoids poison.
3. The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size,
not in wisdom.
4. Be a lamp unto yourself.
5. When one has the feeling of dislike for evil,
when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in
listening to good teachings; when one has
these feelings and appreciates them, one is
free of fear.
6. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is
fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a
polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the
wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the
ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by
mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and
act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you,
as a shadow clings to a form.
7. Our sorrows and wounds are healed only
when we touch them with compassion.
You are the source of all purity and impurity.
No one purifies another.
8. There is no fire like passion. No crime like
hatred. No sorrow like separation. No sickness
like hunger, and no joy like the joy of freedom.
9. It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from
the east or from the west; they originate within
one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to
guard against misfortunes from the external
world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.
10. It is better to do nothing, than to do what is
wrong. For whatever you do, you do to
yourself.
11. Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much
as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once
mastered, no one can help you as much. Not
even your father or your mother.
12. How easy it is to see your brother's faults. How
hard it is to face your own.
There is pleasure, and there is bliss. Forgo the
first to possess the second.
13. Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful
to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are
things that are good and beneficial.
14. One is not low because of birth nor does birth
make one holy. Deeds alone make one low,
deeds alone make one holy.
15. Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't
learn a lot today, at least we learned a little,
and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't
get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't
die; so, let us all be thankful.
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