Book: Of Buddhist practice. The path to a life full of meaning

When you experience envy or revenge to the enemy, do not focus on his faults and think about what it represents in reality. Most people have good and bad quality are mixed, and it is difficult to find such a person, which would be bad for all.

Look at your troubles more widely. If someone in something accuses you, answer him not abuse: imagine that this charge weakens the bonds of your self-love, and hence, increases your ability to care for others. Turn trouble into a force conducive to your spiritual development. This method is very difficult to apply but, if successful, will bring many benefits.

Under any circumstances you should not lose hope. A sense of despair - that is the true cause of the failures. Remember: you can overcome any difficulty. Be calm even in the difficult and confusing situation: it will have little impact on you, if your mind is calm. On the contrary, if the mind allows you to be angry, you will lose peace, even if the world will be serene and cozy.

Advances in science and technology have given humanity many benefits, but must pay for everything.

Fortunately you can come in two ways. The first way is external. Acquiring better housing, better clothes, more pleasant friends, we can, in varying degrees, to find happiness and satisfaction. The second path is the path of spiritual development, and it allows you to achieve inner happiness. However, these two approaches are not equivalent. External without internal happiness can not last long. If life draws you in black paint, if your heart something is lacking, you won't be happy, no matter how luxury itself or surrounded. But if you have reached inner peace, you can find happiness even in the most severe conditions.