Monday, October 6, 2008

Dolla Lama


EACH OF US MUST LEARN TO WORK NOT JUST FOR HIS OR HER OWN SELF, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL MANKIND.

OUR INTENTION SHOULD NOT BE SPOILED BY THE EIGHT WORLDLY PREOCCUPATIONS: GAIN OR LOSS, PLEASURE OR PAIN, PRAISE OR CRITICISM, AND FAME AND INFAMY.

THE MAIN CAUSE OF DEPRESSION IS NOT A LACK OF MATERIAL NECESSITIES BUT A DEPREVATION OF THE AFFECTION OF OTHERS.

RATHER THAN BEING UNHAPPY AND H8FUL, WE SHOULD REJOICE IN THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS.

IT MAY SURPRISE YOU, PERHAPS, BUT I AM NOT STRICTLY OPPOSED TO THE SPECTACLE OF VIOLENCE AND CRIME. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE LESSONS YOU DRAW FROM IT.