You Can Only Have Bliss If You

[m]orality Is Not A Ritualistic Obedience To A Code Of Behavior Imposed By An External Authority. It Is Rather A Healthy Habit Pattern That You Have Consciously And Voluntarily Chosen To Impose Upon Yourself Because You Recognize Its Superiority To Your Present Behavior.

Meditation Changes Your Character.

Buddhism Advises You Not To Implant Feelings That You Don’t Really Have Or Avoid Feelings That You Do Have. If You Are Miserable You Are Miserable; That Is The Reality, That Is What Is Happening, So Confront That. Look It Square In The Eye Without Flinching. When You Are Having A Bad Time, Examine That Experience, Observe It Mindfully, Study The Phenomenon And Learn Its Mechanics. The Way Out Of A Trap Is To Study The Trap Itself, Learn How It Is Built. You Do This By Taking The Thing Apart Piece By Piece. The Trap Can’t Trap You If It Has Been Taken To Pieces. The Result Is Freedom.

When You Have Learned Compassion For Yourself, Compassion For Others Is Automatic.

Whatever Attitudes We Habitually Use Toward Ourselves, We Will Use On Others, And Whatever Attitudes We Habitually Use Toward Others, We Will Use On Ourselves.