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| If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure | | Uncategorized | |
| If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. | | Uncategorized | |
If you're respectful by habit,
constantly honoring the worthy,
four things increase:
long life, beauty,
happiness, strength. | | Uncategorized | |
| In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. | | Uncategorized | |
| In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true. | | Uncategorized | |
| Inflamed by greed, incensed by hate, confused by delusion, overcome by them, obsessed by mind, a man chooses for his own affliction, for others' affliction, for the affliction of both and experiences pain and grief | | Choice | |
| Inward calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and intelligently replenished. | | Uncategorized | |
| It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. | | Adversity; Enemies | |
| It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. | | Uncategorized | |
| It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings. | | Uncategorized | |
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| It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (languor), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or the decisions taken by the board in particular areas. | | Death and dying; Health; Life | |
| It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one's own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice. | | Faults | |
| It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare there is the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world and the path leading to the cessation of the world | | Beginning | |
| 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. | | Uncategorized | |
| Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. | | Uncategorized | |
| Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. | | Virtue; Wisdom | |
| Keeping away from all evil deeds, cultivation of life by doing good deeds and purification of mind from mental impurities. | | Uncategorized | |
| Known they are, Subhuti, to the Tathagata through his Buddha-coginition. Seen they are, Subhuti, by the Tathagata with his Buddha-eye, fully known, Subhuti, they are to the Tathagata. | | Uncategorized | |
| Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison | | Uncategorized | |
