A day of wind and moon in an eternity of endless space.
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another, the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
A fool can show wisdom in admitting his foolishness.
A fool who thinks himself wise truly deserves to be called a fool.
A guardian of truth is wise and just.
A heart which is empty of evil is full of wisdom.
A jug fills drop by drop.”
A hundred streams flow to the sea.
A man centered in loving kindness dies free of fear and confusion.
A man centered in loving-kindness sleeps in comfort.
A man centered in loving-kindness, dreams no evil dreams.
A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.
A maternal body of the four elements is trouble.
A meeting of equal opposites comes to a balance in the middle.
A mental impression arises, draws and pulls at the mind, and falls away.
A mental picture is just a fleeting image without actual form or fixture.
A mind that is capable of a small sin is capable of a big one.
A mind that keeps itself free of taints may be said to bathe inwardly.
A mind-moment arises and ceases just like everything else.
A monk should serve as a shining example on the path to perfection.
A monk should not relax his energy and determination to achieve spiritual progress,
even when he is ill.
even when he is ill.
A monk who follows the monastic code of discipline will never use money
or engage in buying or selling.
or engage in buying or selling.
A noble woman seeks the Dhamma beyond the beautiful.
A palm tree ripped out at the roots does not grow again.
A perpetrator can deceive everyone but himself.
A person who cleaves to worldly possessions and passions is like a child
eating honey smeared on the edge of a knife.
A person who part of the world, like everything else, falls apart and dies.
A shaven-head does not make one a wise ascetic.
A snowflake never falls in the wrong place.
A Sutta should be read again and again, lest its message be lost.
A taste of Dhamma conquers all taste for tastes.
A thousand mountain ranges face the highest peak.
A tranquil mind is a mind that is focused and clear.
A tree, even when it has been cut to a stump, will sprout and grow again.
A true Buddhist works for the well-being and happiness of all.
A white heron on a snowfield hides itself, unseen in its own image.
A wise one becomes full of goodness, just as drops of water fill a pot.
A wise one, holding a scale,
perceives when just even one speck of worldly dust
produces an imbalance.
A woman’s fragrance is the most alluring of them all.
A wrong action, like milk, soon turns sour.
A wrongly-directed mind brings greater harm than any enemy.
Abandoning self-indulgence opens the door to wisdom, clarity and compassion.
Admiration, clothed in praise, is a spiritual disaster disguised as a blessing.
Advanced practitioners do not have to be sitting; one can practice while engaged in any activity.
After listening to our teachers, whether we walk the path is up to us alone.
After making merit for a long time,
one experiences desirable, pleasant,
charming results for a long time.
After Siddhartha became a Buddha, he left Siddhartha behind.
After spring rain, dried-roots sprout again.
All created things perish; whoever realizes this transcends pain.
All existence is characterized by a sense of suffering in which there is no lasting satisfaction.
All fabrications and fixations of the mind remain stressful.
All forms are unreal; whoever realizes this transcends pain.
All happiness arises from the desire for others to be happy.
All know the way, but few follow it.
All misery comes from the desire to be happy.
All of the senses are manifest, but they are void of stability.
All pain comes from resisting the actual truth.
All sayings about the Dhamma say the same thing in different ways.
All that is subject to arising is subject to ceasing.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
All things are objects for insight meditation. Just keep noting them with concentrated awareness, keeping the field of perception clear of any associations or dependencies.
All things are simultaneously interdependent and impermanent.
All things are uncertain. Uncertainty is the nature of all things.
All things knowable to the senses are things of this world; that which is not knowable to the senses is the Dhamma. That’s the paradox.
All things of this world die; they have death built-in.
Almost hidden in the darkness, the crane dreams in wintry nights
Amassing wealth is like trying to fill a bottomless-vessel.
An angry mind does not discern or fear danger.
An awakened mind is able to predict how it will act or react in the future, based upon what it is doing now.
An awakened one does not relish offerings but seeks seclusion instead.
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
An irritable person affects all those around him with stress and distress.
An outside enemy exists only if there is anger inside.
An un-cut hand can handle poison, but why take the risk?
An unshakable, unconcerned mind can never be entangled and troubled.
An untrained-mind will fight you for what it wants to call its own,
just like a dog, if you try to take away its bone.
Analyze what is not genuine and just dressed and disguised.
Analyzed carefully under the scope of close and constant observation,
clinging attachment gradually dissolves into peace.
And again monks, a Bhikkhu reflects closely upon this very body,
from the soles of the feet up and from the tips of the hair down,
enclosed by the skin and various kinds of impurities.
Anger always arises together with mental pain.
Anger and accelerated breath are intimations of a painful death.
Anger fosters misery. Fury clouds the mind. Rage results in disaster
Anger produces only unwholesome actions.
Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.
Animals have no chance to increase Dhamma.
If we do not practice with right understanding,
we fall back to the level of animals.
Anticipate the poisonous snake in the path, and avoid its bite.
Any dirty little deed you might want to conduct when no one is looking
is still seen and observed by yourself. Watch and act accordingly.
Any form of attachment is a poisonous and harmful thing.
Any one of the senses will trap and ensnare, so observe and beware.
Any phenomenon whatever,
sensed or conceived in the mind
is a subject worthy of penetrative
analysis and investigation.
Any satisfying and comforting illusion needs to be constantly renewed.
Anything that appears will disappear of itself;
trying to stop the process will cause consternation and pain.
Anything you attain is karmic. This is what turns the Wheel.
Anything you want to be is just a delusive, worldly desire.
Apply mindfulness with arduous effort striving for deliverance.
Arising of wisdom is freedom from attachment to the five khandas: material form; feelings; perceptions; mental formulations; and consciousness.
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