The Essence of Buddhism | Page 6

to follow it.
--Siau-chi-kwan.
To feed a single good man is infinitely greater in point of merit, than attending to
questions about heaven and earth, spirits and demons, such as occupy ordinary
men.--Sutra of Forty-two Sections.
What is goodness? First and foremost the agreement of the will with the
conscience.--Sutra of Forty-two Sections.
If you remove (from conduct) the purpose of the mind, the bodily act is but as rotten
wood. Wherefore regulate the mind, and the body of itself will go
right.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
Keep watch over your hearts.--Mahaparinibbana-sutta.
Let no evil desire whatever arise within you.--Cullavagga.
So soon as there springs up within him an angry, malicious thought, some sinful, wrong
disposition, ... he puts it away, removes it, destroys it, he makes it not to
be.--Sabbasava-sutta.
With not a thought of selfishness or covetous desire.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
Covetousness and anger are as the serpent's poison.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
They who do evil go to hell; they who are righteous go to heaven.--Dhammapada.
He who, doing what he ought, ... gives pleasure to others, shall find joy in the other
world.--Udanavarga.
The virtuous (when injured) grieve not so much for their own pain as for the loss of
happiness incurred by their injurers.--Jatakamala.
He truly must have a loving heart, For all things living place in him entire confidence.

--Ta-chwang-yan-king-lun.
Ofttimes while he mused--as motionless As the fixed rock his seat--the squirrel leaped
Upon his knee, the timid quail led forth Her brood between his feet, and blue doves
pecked The rice-grains from the bowl beside his hand.
--Sir Edwin Arnold.
Those who search after truth should have a heart full of sympathy.--Story of Virudhaka.
This (prince) feels for the welfare of the multitude.--Nalaka-sutta.
The Royal Prince, perceiving the tired oxen, ... the men toiling beneath the midday sun,
and the birds devouring the hapless insects, his heart was filled with grief, as a man
would feel upon seeing his own household bound in fetters: thus was he touched with
sorrow for the whole family of sentient creatures--Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king.
This king felt the weal and the woe of his subjects as his own.--Jatakamala.
What is a true gift? One for which nothing is expected in return.--Prasnottaramalika.
There is a way of giving, seeking pleasure by it (or) coveting to get more; some also give
to gain a name for charity, some to gain the happiness of heaven.... But yours, O friend, is
a charity free from such thoughts, the highest and best degree of charity, free from
self-interest or thought of getting more.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
'Tis thus men generally think and speak, they have a reference in all they do to their own
advantage. But with this one it is not so: 'tis the good of others and not his own that he
seeks.--Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king.
Above all things be not careless; for carelessness is the great foe to
virtue.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
You say that while young a man should be gay, and when old then religious.... Death,
however, as a robber, sword in hand, follows us all, desiring to capture his prey: how then
should we wait for old age, ere we turn our minds to religion?--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
If you urge that I am young and tender, and that the time for seeking wisdom is not yet,
then you should know that to seek true religion, there never is a time not
fit.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
Work out your own salvation with diligence.--Mahaparinibbana-sutta.
No man can purify another.--Dhammapada.
The good man's love ends in love; the bad man's love in hate.--Kshemendra's Kalpalata.
He who holds up a torch to (lighten) mankind is always honored by me.--Rahula-sutta.

Where there is uprightness, wisdom is there, and where there is wisdom, uprightness is
there.--Sonadanda-sutta.
Liberty, courtesy, benevolence, unselfishness, under all circumstances towards all
people--these qualities are to the world what the linchpin is to the rolling
chariot.--Sigalovada-sutta.
Let us be knit together ... as friends.--Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
Since even animals can live together in mutual reverence, confidence, and courtesy,
much more should you, O Brethren, so let your light shine forth that you ... may be seen
to dwell in like manner together.--Cullavagga.
Trust is the best of relationships.--Dhammapada.
Faithful and trustworthy, he injures not his fellow-man by deceit.--Tevijja-sutta.
Worship consists in fulfilling the design (of the person honored), not in offerings of
perfumes, garlands, and the like.--Jatakamala.
Compassion for all creatures is the true religion.--Buddha-charita.
The wise firmly believe that in Mercy the whole of Righteousness is contained. What
virtue ... does there exist which is not the consequence of Mercy?--Jatakamala.
Even if a man have done evil a hundred times, let him not do it again.--Udanavarga.
He who, having been angered, gives way to anger no more, has achieved a mighty
victory.--Udanavarga.
Better than sovereignty over this earth, ... better than lordship over all worlds, is the
recompense of the first step in holiness.--Dhammapada.
Now many distinguished warriors thought: we