Thursday, 30 October 2014

Lesson 13 - Five Lessons from Buddha


  1. Its Okay to Start Small: “A jug fills drop by drop.”
  2. Thoughts Become Things: “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”
  3. Forgive: “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
  4. Seek to Understand: “In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.”
  5. Be Thankful: “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.”

Dear friends, family and loved ones.

There are many lessons to learn. Many paths to take. Many teachers.

Listen to them. Understand them.

Be blessed.

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