Buddhist Wisdom

 

 

Can You See Misery?

    If you can see the misery of the present existence, you will want no more existences.

Cheerfulness

    As long as you do not think of old age, disease, and death, you will remain cheerful.

Children Are Treasures

    Children are treasures. Sons and daughters are born to adorn the world. They could do a great service to the entire world and to the Buddha’s dispensation.

Choose the Best Course

    One cannot possibly achieve improvement and progress merely by knowing about things; one must choose the best course and pursue it.

Co-operation

    One cannot achieve anything only by one’s ability: only co-operative effort will produce achievement.

Competition

    Competition is not always good. Competition can ruin the world.

Conceit

    The conceited will earn others’ contempt.

Contempt

    People tend to hold others in contempt due to their own skills.

Contentment

    The Buddha said that contentment is the greatest treasure. In olden days people lived on frugal meals, wore home-woven cloths, and yet were happy and contented. Happiness does not result from wealth, only from contentment.

Corruption

    As the jackal growls proudly over the food left by the lion, the infatuated one who delights in existence is corrupted by the bribes people leave for him. It is improper for an ordinary person to gloat over what a noble one has discarded.

Customs and Culture

    You can acquire culture from parents and teachers, and their writings. You cannot acquire it only from customs and traditions.

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