Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Quote by The Buddha

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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does...

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing...

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are...

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are...

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a...

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a...

You only lose what you cling to.

You only lose what you cling to.

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an...

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an...

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a...

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didnt learn a lot today,...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didnt learn a lot today,...

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others....

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others....

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today,...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today,...

Do not think of how big the universe is, it will merely hurt your head.

Do not think of how big the universe is, it will merely hurt your head.

Neither from itself nor from another, Nor from both, Nor without a cause, Does anything...

Neither from itself nor from another, Nor from both, Nor without a cause, Does anything...

Who can say with certainty that they will live to see tomorrow?

Who can say with certainty that they will live to see tomorrow?

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there....

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there....

Get mad, then get over it.

Get mad, then get over it.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at...

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at...