35. Don”t measure success and gain by wealth and rank: to benefit ourselves and others as best we can is all that matters.
36. To take on tough tasks, one must prepare to tough out complaints, and to be in charge is to be in for criticism. Yet complaints help foster compassion and patience, and criticism often holds golden advice.
37. Stay at ease under all circumstances, and give whenever conditions allow.
38. The tripartite formula for success is: go with the causes and conditions, seize them as they come, and create them when
they don”t.
39. Grasp opportune conditions when they come, create them when there are none, and ere conditions ripen, never force a thing to be done.
40. All the ups and downs of life are nourishing experiences for our growth.
41. Deal with matters with wisdom, and care for people with compassion.
42. Rectify deviations with wisdom; accommodate others with compassion.
43. The deeper our compassion, the greater our wisdom and the fewer our vexations.
44. Simply deal with matters with wisdom and treat people with compassion, without worrying about personal gain or loss. Then we”ll never be plagued by vexations.
45. To let the circumstances dictate one”s state of mind is human; to let the mind dictate the circumstances is sage.
46. A big duck cuts a big wake; a small duck cuts a small wake. Big or small, each duck will paddle its own way to the other shore—but only if it paddles.
47. If the mountain won”t move, build a road around it. If the road won”t turn, change your path. If you are unable to even change your path, just transform your mind.
48. Diligence doesn”t mean stretching beyond our limits. It means displaying unremitting persistence.
49. A passing boat leaves no trace upon the waters; a bird”s flight leaves no trace in the sky. When fleeting success, failure, gain, or loss leaves no trace upon the heart, the great wisdom of liberation has been achieved.
50. To be accommodating to others is to be accommodating to ourselves.
51. Who is willing to be openly exploited is noble-minded; who is insulted and insidiously exploited is dim-witted.
52. Pressure usually stems from caring too much about externals and other people”s opinion.
53. Offer your service with a heart of gratitude, as if repaying a kindness, then you won”t feel weary or tired.
54. Always feel gratitude in your heart, and give unstintingly of your wealth, physical strength, mental effort, and wisdom.
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Living Life in Peace
55. The meaning of life lies in serving; the value of life in giving.
56. The purpose of life is to receive karmic results, fulfill old vows, and make new ones.
57. Our value depends not on how long we live, but on how much we contribute.
58. As the past has faded into misty memories, and the future remains a dream unrealized, seizing the present is most important.
59. There”s no need to be concerned about the past or the future. Live fully in the present, and you are connected with both the past and the future.
60. Wisdom is not knowledge, nor experience, nor dialectical excellence, but a selfless attitude.
61. A positive life pivots on modesty; the bigger the ego, the greater the insecurity.
62. The noble pursue the path, the average pursue their duties, and the misguided pursue fame and fortune.
63. Live up to your role and status, and fulfill your required duties.
64. In peace and harmony, seize the promise of today, and live out a fresh tomorrow.
65. While worry fuels unnecessary torment, carefulness breeds security.
66. Wealth is like running water, and giving like digging a well. Just as the deeper the well, the more water it holds, the more you give, the more wealth …
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