You Do Not Suffer Because Things Are

You Can Only Recognize Your Happiness Against The Background Of Suffering.

Harm No Person, Animal, Plant Or Mineral.

To Make Peace, Our Hearts Must Be At Peace With The World.

The Amount Of Happiness That You Have Depends On The Amount Of Freedom You Have In Your Heart.

No One Can Practice The Precepts Perfectly, Including The Buddha... Boiled Vegetables Contain Dead Bacteria. We Cannot Practice The First Precept Or Any Of The Precepts Perfectly. But Because Of The Real Danger In Our Society-alcoholism Has Destroyed So Many Families And Has Brought About Much Unhappiness-we Have To Do Something. We Have To Live In A Way That Will Eradicate That Kind Of Damage. That Is Why Even If You Can Be Very Healthy With One Glass Of Wine Every Week, I Still Urge You With All My Strength To Abandon That Glass Of Wine.