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 Rh aspirations will be his guide. Right speech will be his dwelling-place. Right behavior will be the road he travels. The right way of earning his livelihood will be his refreshments. Right efforts will be his steps. Right thoughts his breath. Right contemplation will bring him peace.

A man that stands alone, having resolved to follow the truth, may be weak, and fall back into his old ways. Therefore stand ye together, help one another, strengthen one another's efforts; be like unto brothers.

The outward form does not constitute righteousness. The body of a samana (monk) may wear an ascetic's garb, while his mind is immersed in worldliness.

He who knows the nature of self and understands how the senses act finds no room for selfishness; and thus he will attain peace unending.

Self is an error, an illusion, a dream. Open your eyes and awaken. See things as they are.

The cleaving to things, covetousness, and sensuality, inherited from former existences, are the causes of misery and vanity in the world.

Abandon, selfishness, that you may attain peace, goodness, and wisdom.

Comprehension of the truth leads to Nirvana; but greater than all is loving kindness.

All things around us come from a cause, as the plant comes from the seed; let us, then, abandon the heresy of worshiping Isvara (the Creator) and of praying to him; let us no longer lose ourselves in vain speculations of