John Lescano

“Meditate, Ānanda, do not delay, or else you will regret it later. This is our instruction to you.”
― Gautama Buddha, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya

“Seeing in myself this purity of livelihood, I found great solace in dwelling in the forest.”
― Bhikkhu Ñaṇamoli, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya

“The teaching begins by calling upon us to develop a faculty called yoniso manasikāra, careful attention. The Buddha asks us to stop drifting thoughtlessly through our lives and instead to pay careful attention to simple truths that are everywhere available to us, clamoring for the sustained consideration they deserve”
― Bhikkhu Bodhi, In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon

“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”
― Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni