"All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage"
Monday, July 25, 2011
The Dhammapada: Life lessons that we know all too well
Every time I come across some great life lessons, it seems as though the answer has been there all along. It is no mystery of how we should live, what the truths of this world are, what lessons we must learn. We have been given the answers all along: whether it is through corny little sayings that our parents repeat to us or the cheesy quotes we encounter in our day to day lives. The answers we are looking for are already there...it is a matter of how willing we are to hear the answers and carry them out in our lives. One quote in particular (because I love quotes!) was said really nicely in this reading; It is simple yet extremely powerful.
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it is a mystery of how we should live. people who think about the issue do find it confusing.
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