Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.

Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.

Who provides the opportunity to cultivate patience? Not our friends. Our enemies give us the most crucial chances to grow.

The main difference between us, Buddhism and other philosophies, is that we do not accept the notion of a living god, but rather that we are responsible for our future happiness.

Do not confuse peace of mind with spaced-out insensitivity. A truly peaceful mind is very sensitive, very aware.

We also often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.