| 真谛 | zhēn dì | the real meaning; the true essence | |
| 谛听 | dì tīng | to listen carefully | |
| 梵谛冈 | fàn dì gāng | Vatican | |
| 四圣谛 | sì shèng dì | the Four Noble Truths (Buddhism); see also 四谛 | |
| 四谛 | sì dì | the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道 : all life is suffering 苦 , the cause of suffering is desire 集 , emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 灭 , the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 |
| 1 | "Where is the Happiness then?" Asked Avatar Adi Da. | |
| 2 | "You mean me - this body here?" Asked Avatar Adi Da. | |
| 3 | Adi Da Samraj: The circumstance of existence, in and of itself, is disheartening. | |
| 4 | In the teaching of the Buddha there are also two terms that are equivalent: lokadhatu and dharmadhatu. | |
| 5 | "But what if you could only have pandas?" asked Avatar Adi Da. "Nothing else! No people, no toys, no books, nothing else around you except pandas. |