Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.
Interpretation
Life's difficulties are universal and inescapable, and we should not allow them to disrupt our peace.
This quote emphasizes the inevitability of challenges in life, suggesting that both ordinary people and enlightened beings, such as saints or sages, face difficulties. It encourages a resilient mindset, advocating for maintaining one's peace and focus in the face of adversity, rather than being overwhelmed by the hardships that arise.
In practice
During a motivational speech about overcoming adversity.
Flint has the potential to produce fire, and gems have intrinsic value. We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance. Likewise, we do not see that the Buddha exists in our own hearts.
Worthy persons deserve to be called so because they are not carried away by the eight winds: prosperity,decline,disgrace,honor,praise,censure,suffering, and pleasure.They are neither elated by prosperity nor grieved by decline. The heavenly gods will surely protect one who is unbending before the eight winds.
If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way
Suffer what there is to suffer. Enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life.
Always remember, joy is not incidental to spiritual quest. It is vital.
We have finished the job. What shall we do with the tools?
Diseases can be our spiritual flat tires - disruptions in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way.
Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.
The wise man puts himself last and finds himself first.
I found that while life drags on when you're losing, it marches on when you're winning.
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