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Reflections
Attitudes and
Attributes
By Mona Lease
About to speak? Think a moment. Slow your speech a bit. It's not that
you should not speak, but rather that you should cherish what you say
and choose your words with care.
The four attitudes to take towards others: Grateful, Thankful,
Transforming, Inspiring.
Look more, listen more, speak less - act fast; spend slow.
Busy? No matter. No vexation. All is well.
Work quickly, not anxiously; mind and body relaxed and unbound.
Don't measure success and failure by wealth or poverty; work only to
benefit yourself and others with all your heart and strength.
Work hard and others may resent you, take up a task and risk criticism;
compassion lies within harsh words, treasure is buried deep within
criticism.
Be at ease in all encounters; give of yourself as conditions permit.
Do what you have to do with wisdom; treat people with care and
compassion.
Deep wisdom, great compassion: few vexations.
Force whatever is in front you, act with wisdom, treat people with
compassion; forget benefit; harm, gain and loss, and vexations will
diminish.
Big duck swims, gets big wake; little duck swims, gets little wake. No
duck in the water? No wake at all.
Boat passes, wake disappears; bird lies, shadow departs. Gain or lose,
success or fail - emotions do not stir: this is the great wisdom of
freedom and liberation.
The noble one suffers mistreatment willingly; the fool is humiliated by
what he suffers.
Serve others with a mind of gratitude and reciprocity and you will be
neither tired not weary.
Help others with strength of mind and body, with wealth and wisdom -
always and everywhere with a thankful mind. LIVING PEACEFUL AND CALMLY.
The meaning of life lies in the serving; the value of life in the
giving.
The aim of life is to receive karmic retribution, fulfill vows and make
new ones.
Wisdom is not simple knowledge, nor experience, nor idle speculation;
it is an attitude that transcends self-centeredness.
Great accomplishment - big humility; big ego - great insecurity.
The superior settle their minds upon The Way; the average busy
themselves with day-to-day living; the small-minded pursue fame,
fortune, and desire.
You have a particular role and responsibility in life; act accordingly.
Wealth is like flowing water, and giving like the digging of a well;
Dig deeper and more water flows in; give more and wealth multiplies.
Live life this way: The best plan anticipates the worst scenario.
Even with a single breath remaining, hope is unlimited, and that is
untold wealth.
A bodhisattva saves others from hardship and suffering; a great
bodhisattva takes hardship and suffering itself.
Three principles to transcend the suffering of birth, sickness, and old
age: A happy life, A healthy attitude towards sickness, and hope in old
age.
Three principles to transcend death: Don't seek it, Don't fear it, and
Don't wait for it.
Every child is a little bodhisattva, that helps his or her parents grow.
With teenagers: Use care not worry, Guidance not control, Communication
not authority.
To truly love your children, give them your blessings rather than
burden them with your worry!
We have to grasp what we love, and reject what we dislike; gain and
loss, loss and gain - vexations are sure to come.
True suffering is a mind without peace or calm. Physical pain and
illness are not necessarily suffering.
Great possessions don't necessarily bring satisfaction; few possessions
don't necessarily lead to poverty.
Let everyone speak kindly! Let everyone do good deeds! Let everyone's
bad luck turn to good!
Bodhisattva: Loose definition. Someone who is able to live in total
peace, but delays doing this to help others achieve theirs.
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