One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about it or not: what is the purpose of life? . . . From the moment of birth every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affects this. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment. . . Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness.

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Mots clés inspirational

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Now there are many, many people in the world, but relatively few with whom we interact, and even fewer who cause us problems. So when you come across such a chance for practicing patience and tolerance, you should treat it with gratitude. It is rare. Just as having unexpectedly found a treasure in your own house, you should be happy and grateful toward your enemy for providing you that precious opportunity. Because if you are ever to be successful in your practice of patience and tolerance, which are critical factors in counteracting negative emotions, it is due to your own efforts and also the opportunity provided by your enemy.

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Mots clés wisdom inspirational kindness compassion peace patience interaction enemy compassion-wisdom

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Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content.

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Apprendre à donner commence par renoncer à meurtrir les autres. Ce faisant vous renoncez aussi à vous nuire, car faire du mal aux autres, c’est se blesser d’abord soi-même.

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Learn and obey the rules very well so you will know how to break them properly.

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If there's good, strong evidence from science that such and such is the case and this is contrary to Buddhism, then we will change.

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Mots clés religion-philosophy

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We begin from the recognition that all beings cherish happiness and do not want suffering. It then becomes both morally wrong and pragmatically unwise to pursue only one’s own happiness oblivious to the feelings and aspirations of all others who surround us as members of the same human family. The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness.

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Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

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Mots clés love roots

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Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life. And a good life does not mean just good food, good clothes, good shelter. These are not sufficient. A good motivation is what is needed: compassion, without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their rights and human dignity.

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Mots clés compassion

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The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

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