Buddha says in the Dhammapada that we should work for our own liberation because the buddhas can only show us the way.
The Dhammapada
Buddhist
What is the mind? Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
Answers for Beginners Ringu Tulku Rinpoche.
Morning meditation — It would be better to swallow a red-hot iron ball.
It would be better to swallow a red-hot iron ball, blazing like fire, than as an immoral and uncontrolled monk to eat the alms of the people.
The Dhammapada
Morning meditation — The wise, constantly cultivate.
The wise, constantly cultivate tranquillity and insight.
The Dhammapada
The A, B, C of Buddhism, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
You have heard that the Lord Buddha, in his enlightenment, discovered the Dhamma…
You Don’t ‘Experience’ Consciousness, by Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhist insights, from impermanence to conscious awareness, bright, shining everywhere.
Some Guanyins (Avalokiteshvara) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The world of all living things is but emptiness,
And so Guanyin’s compassionate heart is at rest.
Morning meditation — There’s no Friendship with a Fool.
It’s better to live alone; there’s no friendship with a fool. Live alone and skilfully, carefree like an elephant in the forest.
The Dhammapada
Buddhism now 