One theme. Many voices.

Often remembered for teaching love of neighbor, care for the vulnerable, and forgiveness.

• Love your neighbor as yourself, and even love those who oppose you.
• Care for the poor, the sick, the stranger, and the forgotten.

Traditionally understood as teaching a path of compassion, mindfulness, and the easing of suffering.

• All beings deserve compassion.
• Suffering arises from craving and clinging; freedom comes through awareness.

Associated with radical nonviolence and reverence for the life of every being.

• Do no harm to any living being, even in thought.
• Tell the truth gently and carefully.

Associated with poetry on love, longing, and the unity beneath apparent differences.

• Beyond ideas of right and wrong, there is a field — meet me there.
• Let yourself be silently drawn by what you truly love.

Often remembered for serving the dying and destitute on the streets of Kolkata.

• Do small things with great love.
• The dignity of the dying matters as much as the dignity of the living.