"Buddhas don't practice nonsense."
Nonsense
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Enlightenment
Your own mind is the Buddha
"As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha."
Birth and Death
"And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment."
Enlightened
"He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened."
The Key is in Your Hand
"In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself."
I Have Seen the Light
"I was supremely happy, for I had seen. Nothing could ever be the same. I have drunk at the clear and pure waters and my thirst was appeased... I have seen the Light. I have touched compassion which heals all sorrow and suffering; it is not for myself, but for the...
Pathless Land
"I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect."
Let the Little Children
"Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to people like these."
Remain in Me
"Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me."
The Light
"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light."