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Ārogyaparamā lābhā,
San­tuṭ­ṭhi­paramaṃ dhanaṃ;
Vissāsaparamā ñāti,
Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ.

Good health is the most precious gain;
Contentment is the foremost wealth.
Trust is the greatest relative;
Nibbāna is the highest happiness.

- Buddha, Dhammapada 204

Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots remain uncut and firm, even so, until the craving that lies dormant is rooted out, suffering springs up again and again.

—Dhammapada 338

Light the Lamp of Wisdom in Your Heart.

I kindle the light within my self.
It is the constant light of wisdom.
My mind is always concentrated.
I live my enlightened life with a liberated mind.

The light should be kindled in your heart.
A well-trained mind shines brightly.

the Dhamma of the Buddha is the lake with the shores of virtue.
Living with a still mind is always praised by the noble people.
Those skilled Dhamma practitioners bathe in that lake.
They cross to the far shore without getting wet.

- Buddha, SN 7.9 Sundarika Sutta

A List of Difficulties and an Exhortation to Cultivate

It is difficult to give when one is poor.
It is difficult to study the Way when one has wealth and status.
It is difficult to abandon life and face the certainty of death.
It is difficult to encounter the Buddhist sutras.
It is difficult to be born at the time of a Buddha.
It is difficult to be patient with lust and desire.
It is difficult to see fine things and not seek them.
It is difficult to be insulted and not become angry.
It is difficult to have power and not abuse it.
It is difficult to come in contact with things and have no thought of them.
It is difficult to get rid of pride.
It is difficult to practice equanimity of mind.
It is difficult not to gossip.
It is difficult to meet a Good and Wise Advisor.
It is difficult to see one's own nature and study the Dharma.
It is difficult to see a state and not be moved by it.
It is difficult to have a good understanding of skill-in-means.

- Sutra in Forty Two Sections

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Abhaya Paritta - The Danger-free Protection


Having revered the jewel of the Buddha,
the highest, most excellent medicine,
the welfare of human & heavenly beings: Through the Buddha’s majesty & safety, may all obstacles vanish. May your sufferings grow totally calm.

Having revered the jewel of the Dhamma,
the highest, most excellent medicine,
the stiller of feverish passion:
Through the Dhamma’s majesty & safety,
may all obstacles vanish.
May your fears grow totally calm.

Having revered the jewel of the Saṅgha,
the highest, most excellent medicine,
worthy of gifts, worthy of hospitality:
Through the Saṅgha’s majesty & safety,
may all obstacles vanish.
May your diseases grow totally calm.

Are you oblivious to the sufferings of birth, old age, sickness and death?

There is no guarantee that you will survive, even past this very day! The time has come [for you] to develop perseverance in [your] practice.

For, at this singular opportunity, you could attain the everlasting bliss [of nirvāṇa]. So now is [certainly] not the time to sit idly, But, starting with [the reflection on] death, you should bring your practice to completion!

The moments of our life are not expendable, And the [possible] circumstances of death are beyond imagination.

If you do not achieve an undaunted confident security now, What point is there in your being alive, O living creature?

- Padmasambhava

Asubha: Protective Meditation on Impurities of the Body

Seeing this body as impure when it is dead, without consciousness, and also impure when alive with consciousness, one should meditate on its foulness.

The thirty-two impurities of one’s body are disgusting in colour, and sign, foul smell, position and space where impure parts connect together.

The impurities within the body are more disgusting than those that fall from it, since impurities that fall from body may touch even pure things, but inner impure parts rest just on impurities.

Like a worm born in filth, this body was also born in filth. Like a cesspit that is full, this body is full of filth.

Just as fat pours from an over flowing pot, likewise impure things always flow from this body. Like a cesspit full of filth, this body is the home to various kinds of worms.

This body suffers from boils, diseases, aches and pain like a wound that is incurable. It is extremely repulsive. This impure body indeed is subject to destruction.

The Supreme Dhamma King

I realized everything that should be realized.

I developed everything that should be developed.

I eliminated everything that should be eliminated.

I have attained the most supreme state. I am unbeatable.

I defeated the army of Māra. Having overcome all enemy powers, I live happily seeing no fear from any direction.

It is truly difficult to often have the appearance of such a rare being in the world.

Dear Brāhmin, I am an unsurpassed Dhamma surgeon. The Dhamma Wheel that I turn cannot be turned back by anyone in the world.

I am the Buddha.
I am the Supreme Buddha.

- Theragāthā 16.6

After seeing the Awakened One,
the Buddha, kinsman of the Sun,
they revere him from afar,
the one great of heart and intrepid

Homage to you, O thoroughbred!
Homage to you, supreme among men!
We bow to Gotama the victor,
We bow to Gotama the awakened!’

-Āṭānāṭiya Sutta