The True Value of Beauty
This body is built with bones which are covered with flesh and blood; within this dwell decay and death, pride and detraction
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Achieving Simple Happiness
Once upon a time, there was a rich man. As he became older, this rich man realized that the suffering of old age was about the same for rich and poor – in other words, in the end his money didn’t mean as much as he thought. So he gave up his wealth and class position, and he went into the forest to study under an old master and live as a poor monk. He practiced meditation and developed his mind. He freed himself from unwholesome thoughts and, slowly but surely, he became contented and happy.
Driving Away Your Anger with Kindness
One of the very first word in the history of Western literature is “anger”. That is how Homer’s “Iliad” begins. Composed sometime in the eighth century BC, it starts with a call to the Muse to help tell the story of the “anger” of Achilles — and of the incalculable sorrows and the terrible deaths of so many brave warriors that this wrath caused. Homer’s epic, set during the war between Greeks and Trojans, is as much about anger, private vendetta and its fatal consequences as it is about heroic combat and the clash of two ancient superpowers.
Death, Impermanence and Knowing that You are not Alone
Though one should live a hundred years
not seeing the Deathless State,
yet better is life for a single day
seeing Deathlessness.
Martini Fisher 