[726]
The sophisticated need
not be complicated.
The simple need
not be simplistic.
[727]
It is hard to get
what you want
if you hardly know
what you want.
[728]
Those lacking principles
of right and wrong
sooner or later go wrong.
[729]
To the wise, the Dharma is the true miracle.
To the foolish, magic tricks are enough.
Transformation of the foolish into the wise is the true miracle.
[730]
A life without a past or future life
is much more unbelievable than
a chain of past and future lives linked to this one.
[731]
Listening to the Dharma
with your entire being,
can transform your entire being.
[732]
The cause of happiness is rare,
And many are the seeds of suffering!
But if I have no pain, I’ll never long for freedom;
Therefore my mind, be steadfast!
[733]
Your harmony is when your Buddha-nature
makes peace with nature.
World harmony is when our Buddha-nature
makes peace with nature.
[734]
The only ‘restrictions’
that lead to greater freedom
are the [moral] precepts.
[735]
As there is self only conventionally,
there is no self ultimately.