Spiritual Thoughts - Buddhism teachings

If you want to get rid of suffering and pain in life, you need to remember below lines and try to follow in daily life. If you lead your life based on below principles, you would live happily without any suffering.

Mind

1. Mind is like water. When it is turbulent, it is difficult to see. When it is calm, everything becomes clear. Composed mind is all you need to remain stress free.
2. With our thoughts, we make the world. If some thoughts are inducing negativity, change your attitude.
3. Mind is everything. What you think you become.
4. With composed and clear mind, you can increase your productivity by at least 10 times.
5. Before you speak, let the words pass through 3 gates - is it true, is it necessary, is it kind (sweet)?
6. Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
7. Do not dwell in the past. Do not worry about future. Concentrate the mind on present moment. Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on mind.
8. Heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds you want to plant is in your hand.
9. There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.
10. Your real enemies are not people but kama (lust), krodh (wrath), lobh (greed), moh (attachment) and ahankar (pride). Conquer these evils and you will conquer the world.

Happiness

1. Happines should come from within you (Inner world) and not from someone else (outer world).
2. Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have
3. Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
4. Happiness never decreases by sharing
5. Happy people build their inner world. Unhappy people blame their outer world.
6. There are so many things that can make you happy(e.g. Talk to your loved ones, Just sit back and meditate with your eyes closed, Eat delicious food, Watch movies, Travel). Do not even think about things that make you sad.
7. If you want happiness, love everyone including your enemies.

Love

1. Be kind and lovely to all creatures.
2. Do not close the book when bad things happen in your life. Just turn the page and begin new chapter.
3. No matter how hard is the past. You can always begin again.
4. You only lose what you cling to. If you do not cling to anything (no attachment to temporary attachment), you have nothing to lose. You become fearless and free of anxiety.
5. If you want to be loved, use sweet words always.

Anger, Stress and anxiety

1. You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your own anger.
2. Stress is not something that happens to us. It is our response to what happens and response is something that is in our hand.
3. Holding on to anger is like grasping the hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burnt.

Pain

1. Pain is certain. Suffering is optional.
2. Forget who hurt you yesterday but do not forget those who love you everyday.
3. Forget the past that makes you cry and focus on present things that make you smile.
4. Forget the pain but not the lessons you gained.

Others

1. Right is right even if everyone is against it. Wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it.
2. There are only 3 solutions to the problem - accept it, change it or leave it. Do not keep worrying about same problem everyday. Try to fix it. If you can not fix it, leave it. 
3. No one (Not even closest relative) can save you but yourself. You are the sculptor of your own life.
4. Nothing can erase our good deeds.
5. Best response to stupid or angry person is silence. If you react with aggression, it means you accepted his views. So simply ignore with composed mind and focus on positive things. If you remain silent, it does not mean you are loser. It is actually proof that your thinking level is much higher. Forgive stupid person not for his sake but for yourself.

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