He who has gold makes and accomplishes whatever he wishes in the world and finally uses it to send souls read more

He who has gold makes and accomplishes whatever he wishes in the world and finally uses it to send souls to paradise.

Paradise is our native country, and we in this world be as exiles and strangers

Paradise is our native country, and we in this world be as exiles and strangers

Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.

Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.

The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.

The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.

Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that `I must lead all the beings read more

Someone who has set out in the vehicle of a Bodhisattva should decide that `I must lead all the beings to nirvana, into that realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind'. What is this realm of nirvana which leaves nothing behind ?

In this fool's paradise, he drank delight.

In this fool's paradise, he drank delight.

One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate.

One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate.

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. read more

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. All the beings in the world. One should create such a determination that `I will lead all of them into nirvana'.

In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;
Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.
Only read more

In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;
Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.
Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises,
But blessedness dwells in the human breast.