If An Individual Has A Calm State

Human Happiness And Human Satisfaction Must Ultimately Come From Within Oneself. It Is Wrong To Expect Some Final Satisfaction To Come From Money Or From A Computer.

If You Resort To Violent Methods Because The Other Side Has Destroyed Your Monastery, For Example, You Then Have Lost Not Only Your Monastery, But Also Your Special Buddhist Practices Of Detachment, Love, And Compassion.

A Genuine Smile Touches Something Fundamental In Us: Our Natural Appreciation Of Kindness.

We Should Practice By Showing One Another Love And Helping One Another. It Is A Mistake To Pursue Happiness And To Seek To The Avoid Suffering By Deceiving And Humiliating Other People. We Must Try To Achieve Happiness And Eliminate Suffering By Being Good-hearted And Well-behaved.

The Colors Of Light Are Infinite Through Refraction, Yet They All Come From The Same Source. Thus I Cannot Detach Myself From The Wickedest Soul, Nor Fail To Identify With The Most Virtuous.