![]() ![]() More selfish it is, unbelievable easy to get upset and get angry, so easy to get angry and very strong anger, because there’s also, stronger self-cherishing thought, stronger desire, then because that’s stronger, when things doesn’t happen then stronger anger and very easy to rise. Then all the neighbors become enemy and at home, enemy, neighbors who are enemy, where one lives, people in the house, then also neighbors become enemy. More selfish mind there is, more enemy everywhere, wherever one goes. Even you find your attitude makes them to become enemy. So you don’t succeed even in the happiness of this life, with a selfish mind. So doesn’t last the relationship, whether it’s companion or friend, whatever, doesn’t last. Your attitude made the friend, selfish mind made the friend to become enemy to oneself, to get angry and upset and against you. The friend become, you make the friend to become enemy. So even you want so many friends, you want everybody to be your friend, but because of your selfish mind, then there’s unskillfulness in the way of speaking, ?conducting, all this, so these unkind actions upset others. Doesn’t last, and sooner or later, even after one hour, even the same day or even after one hour become enemy, because of the way you speak or the way you behave so then so like that, even the same day so become enemy. ![]() How many friends you’re able to find, make new friends, but doesn’t last. So that’s why the selfish person doesn’t get along with the family, all the family become against to that person, unhappy with that person, even in the family and in the office, don’t get along, even in the office, whether the person lives in the West or he lives in the East, in the city or on the mountain or wherever, doesn’t get along. So, all that, in order to seek happiness for oneself, the whole point is to seek happiness for oneself, so disturb others, because not being caring others and others’ happiness, others’ needs, then only, selfish attitude is only seeking happiness for oneself, so all that. So, including day-to-day life unhappiness, all these problems, to oneself and causing problems to others, making others unhappy, disturbing others. And you have influence then you can kill many millions of people in this world, so many millions of people like historically happened many times, so with the selfish mind. So, when you do that, so when you practice, how to protect from the self-cherishing thought, which brings so much problem, which brings all the depression, loneliness, all the mental and physical sufferings, which causes all the problems, so which engages even harm to, killing other human beings, even which causes that, and even war, when it becomes bigger then war, when there are many people involved. So, then if you protect your mind, which means protecting away from self-cherishing thought, protecting away from anger, protecting away from painful mind, desire, protecting away the jealous mind, pride, so however, these poisonous minds. How do you look after yourself? How do you take care of yourself? By protecting your mind. So therefore, when you’re practicing Dharma that time you’re looking after yourself. All the sense enjoyments and everything becomes cause of suffering, a donation to all the negative karmas already collected, so much every day, with the body, speech and mind, and from birth and from beginningless rebirth, so it’s adding more donation to that, the extra negative karma. When you’re not practicing Dharma then that means your attitude is nonvirtue, become nonvirtue and then your actions, whatever you’re doing, even praying or meditating, whatever activity you’re doing, not only doing job, eating, walking, sitting, sleeping, all those activities, but even doing prayer, doing meditation or charity to others, once your mind attitude is not Dharma, then that means nonvirtue then all your actions become nonvirtue, then result only suffering. So, often I say that, when you’re practicing Dharma in the daily life, that time you are taking care of yourself. So the solution, the essential method to not get engaged in unwholesome action and to engage in perfect wholesome action, the way to do is by subduing, by taming the mind, by taking care of one’s own mind, looking after oneself, taking care of one’s own mind. “Subdue one’s own mind, This is the teaching of the Buddha.” “Engage in perfect wholesome action,” that which result only peace and happiness, result happiness to oneself and result happiness towards others. Not only causing problems but engaging also, causing others to engage in negative karma. “Do not engage in unwholesome action,” means the action which has negative effect to oneself, which has result suffering to oneself and which causes unhappiness, problems to others.
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