[981]
Only suffer for something.
Never suffer for nothing.
[982]
Be true to truth.
Be true to you.
Be true to all.
[983]
Do what you need at work,
but never be worked up.
Raise issues when needed,
but never raise your temper.
[984]
If you have trust in a teacher,
do follow that taught.
If you lack trust in a teacher,
why follow that taught?
[985]
Even a moment’s heroism
for the sake of others
becomes a significant part of eternity.
[986]
Being without fear or favour is
being without aversion or attachment,
as powered by delusion.
[987]
Ironically, extremists see those who
walk the Bodhisattva path as ‘extremists’,
not knowing they are on the Middle Path.
[988]
What not confessed
by yourself soon
might be ‘confessed’
by others later.
[989]
To know if you are
a blessing or curse to the world,
ask others if they
would prefer more like you.
[990]
Never simply trust those
who simply ask for your trust,
who simply do nothing else
to deserve your trust.