The following teaching is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:
Happiness is a habit to be cultivated from within. Our minds are habitual but like a rider on a horse you must direct it.
Like a gardener we must cultivate good qualities. Why follow anyone with poor habits and bad qualities?
Good qualities and habits: attitude of gratitude, generosity, compassion, selflessness, right thinking, understanding of cause and result…
Don’t get caught in the trap of judgment – criticism, whining, neediness, selfishness, sloth, greed, and mindless unhelpful chatter.
What is your work? Is it in line with your morality, beliefs, conscience, does it help others? Is it honest work? These things really matter
The mind really is like a muscle to be used and developed. But so is the heart. Ethics are extremely important!
We make peace within ourselves, it does not visit, we cannot catch it. When our elements are in balance we are peaceful.
Anger, violence, grasping, fearfulness, ignorance, hatred, constant desire- these are some habits that keep us unbalanced.
If we have poor habits and qualities we also have no self esteem. And we go further into the chaos of falsity and lies. Crazy!
In short; be a proper gardener! Pull the weeds of bad habit and quality and plant the seeds of loving kindness! You will BLOOM!
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