Good Quotes

We know that success or failure in our current live depend on what we did in our previous lives so we should be calm in any event, either a success or a failure. We should not be too proud when we are successful and not depressed when we fail but we should firmly learn from our mistakes and move on. Those, who are too proud about their current success, may not be achievemnt more success greater in life.

It basically means we would understand about others i.e. whether they are bad, or good, however we still love and would be calm to deal with any situations arisen. We could assess properly others and understand the situations, but we would be calm and considerate and would not take advantage of other people. We treat everyone equally and with compassion.

These are the three elements of wisdom and the three elements of leniency integrating in life as Jesus stated: "Be wise as snakes and be kind and gentle as doves." We must live wisely but with compassion and we also must live compassionately but being wise. Those two statements above are completely different and do not contradict each other.

We live together in this world but we always fight and compete with each other over own benefits, so life becomes worse and worse. Kindness or compassion is one of the important elements of ethics, but in reality it is perceived as cowardice and weakness.

Some would question "how do we know how much or little blessings has been accumulated?" The key answer to this mysterious question is to assess whether we currently lack or are in excess of blessing/good fortune.

Behind their altruistic life is eternal happiness. Those who want to live for themselves will be suffering and lonely. So, you should never keep anything private and remember to recite the sentence "In this life, we share everything with others" every day. When we keep on reminding ourselves of this sentence, we will see a change to many different people full of altruism.

Buddhism for Beginners Q&A 61–65: Taking Refuge in Buddhism

Some people think that eating, drinking or gambling will give them happiness. However, behind these activities is misery.