So Our Future Is In Our Own

The Purpose Of Our Lives Is To Be Happy. We Live In Hope, Which Means Looking Forward To Something Good. And There Are Increasing Scientific Findings That Both Our Physical And Mental Well-being Depend On Our Peace Of Mind.

We Need To Take Action To Develop Compassion, To Create Inner Peace Within Ourselves And To Share That Inner Peace With Our Family And Friends. Peace And Warm-heartednes S Can Then Spread Through The Community Just As Ripples Radiate Out Across The Water When You Drop A Pebble Into A Pond

Material Objects Give Rise To Physical Happiness, While Spiritual Development Gives Rise To Mental Happiness. Since We Experience Both Physical And Mental Happiness, We Need Both Material And Spiritual Development. This Is Why, For Our Own Good And That Of Society We Need To Balance Material Progress With Inner Development.

Encountering Sufferings Will Definitely Contribute To The Elevation Of Your Spiritual Practice, Provided You Are Able To Transform Calamity And Misfortune Into The Path.

But When It Comes To Democratic Political Parties, I Prefer That Monks And Nuns Not Join Them - In Order To Ensure Proper Democratic Practice.