- Do not harm others.
- Conquer your anger and hatred.
- We live purposeful, meaningful lives.
- The practice of patience is essential.
- We have the ability and the responsibility to choose whether our actions follow a virtuous path.
- With inner strength or mental stability, we can endure all kinds of adversity.
- Love, compassion, and concern for others are real sources of happiness.
I should keep this in mind. Good way to try to live…never easy, though.
No, it isn’t easy.
I’m a firm believer in “if it were easy, it wouldn’t be worth doing.” There ought to be challenges in everything that is *meaningful*.
Agreed, Riddley Walker.
I am stuck by the similarity to the Zoroastrian encouragement to think good thoughts, speak good words, and do good deeds.
Yup.
When I started studying comparative religions, I was also struck by those similarities among many.