If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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All the waters and rivers of different lands and climes have their ultimate viewpoints on society, the variety of economic theories, and the means to their attainment benefit mankind itself.
There is no point in indulging in dissension-creating discussions on differing ideologies. No positive result has accrued from attempting to convert all men of different temperaments and likings into one common ideology and mode of behavior. This can clearly be seen from the contemporary history of both the East and the West.
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In present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else with solve their problems.
Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged.
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Delusion is a state of mind that is very obvious: when it arises within the mind it causes mental disturbances and anxieties in the individual. Furthermore, it causes many problems and difficulties in society, often on a national scale.
Right from the beginning of human civilization, delusions have been the real causes of problems, trouble, and conflict within society. It is delusion that forces one to be attracted and attached to one's own side and to feel hatred and anger toward the opposite side. Thus, one creates many divisions within the human community. All of these come about through the underlying force of the attachment to one's own self.