The giant Buddha of Leshan ("Happy Mountain"), China is the world's largest; note structure next to foot on right for size comparison (tenlivingcities.org).
"We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows like one's ever-present shadow.""We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."
"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for [insight into] the truth and have begun striving for ourselves."
"In the sky, there is no distinction between east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe those distinctions to be real."
"It is a person's own mind, not that of some enemy or foe, that lures one to harmful ways." More
