Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village.
Gautama BuddhaRead
Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Repeated acts of goodness lead to true happiness.
This quote by Gautama Buddha emphasizes the importance of consistently performing good deeds and finding joy in them. It suggests that the more we engage in acts of kindness, the greater the sense of fulfillment and bliss we experience, ultimately contributing to our overall well-being.
Themes
GoodnessHappinessBlissKindnessRepetition
In practice
Example use cases
We should encourage volunteer work with the message of doing good repeatedly.
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