Meeting the Buddha is like finding a pure gem, but being unable to receive the taste of the good Dhamma which gives rise to profit and gain is like intending to keep the gem for use in the next life This is the type of demerit which is due to the conventions accepted by people of the world

The following are the sayings of some of the wisest of men, which are put down in order that one may clearly see the way to go: 1 One who is watchful of all his actions of body, speech and mind, is clearly aware of those actions which are of benefit both to himself and to others

7 The belief that we ourselves exist, and that other things belong to us, are, in the ultimate sense (paramattha), both wrong notions, because one cannot find nor come to know either of them

16 Liberation [Moksha] is understood to be the attainment of the unchanaing, in which there is no Self [Atta and Atman] and no Aggregates

The Characteristic-of-Impermanence then becomes apparent In other words, when the Citta has become steady or fixed, it will see the Citta which is unsteady (or impermanent)

When one has stopped thoughts in the three times, knowledge still remains, and its nature is quite stable It does not cease except when one lies down and goes to sleep, or one dies, or when the Noble Disciple (Ariya) enters the state of the cessation of consciousness (Nirodha)

The Aggregates as Oneself and the Aggregates Correctly Understood Concerning the truth of suffering it arises and ceases within the Aggregates which are on their own Do not becom involved with them; beware of the cause of suffering, for it will in due course give rise to suffering; therefore leave them alone

8 Understanding-as-Equanimity-for-All-Formations (Sankhar-Upekkha-Nana)

Then one attains the following four states leading to Transcendental Consciousness: 1 Preparatory (Parikamma)

One who practises correctly does not cling tightly to things, because all things (Dhamma) have the quality of Non-Self (Anatta-or non-entity)