"Venerable sir, this is the entire holy life (brahmacariya), that is, good friendship, good companionship, good comrad…"

"One perception arose and another perception ceased in me: "The cessation of existence is nibbāna; the cessation of ex…"

"Something I have never seen before, and never even heard of-now all the marvelous purity of the Buddha land is visibl…"

"Shariputra said, "Why don't you change out of this ?" (Shariputra assumes that any woman would naturally want to chan…"

"Śroṇa, whatever ascetics or brahmins conceive "I am superior" or "I am equal" or "I am inferior" based on form … feel…"

"I do not seek for death, I do not seek for birth; I abide my time, when my time comes, I shall go."

"Deep in wisdom, intelligent, expert in the variety of paths; Sāriputta, so greatly wise, teaches Dhamma to the mendic…"

"Just as the eldest son of a wheel-turning monarch properly keeps in motion the wheel of sovereignty set in motion by …"

"Shariputra, it is the failings of living beings that prevent them from seeing the marvelous purity of the land of the…"

"Don't waste your time working hard by chasing someone's promise. Think about what will happen to you, not at the merc…"