Don’t constantly emphasize your virtues and blot out those of others. This is the way to have a harmonious husband-wife relationship.
Understand your partner through deep listening and with appreciation, then you will have a family in harmony.
See other people as bodhisattvas and yourself as an ordinary sentient being; then you won’t have trouble getting along with others.
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Emotions can bring disaster to yourself and others. So when emotions are about to surface, meditation or chanting Amitabha Buddha can help you quell them.
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How do we resolve love and anger due to strong attachment? We should view our feelings as the working of causes and conditions, i.e. if conditions come together, there will be union; and if conditions disperse, separation will be inevitable.
True love asks for nothing in return and is pure. It is called compassion in Buddhism.
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If you can care for people you love with the mindset of fellow practitioners, a lot of emotional issues can be avoided.
Aside from respecting and forgiving each other, if a married couple can understand, learn from and care for each other, their marriage will be bright, happy and fulfilling.
Sentient beings have passions and emotions, which are resulted from self-centeredness. If we can harmonize emotion and rationality and raise them to a state free of self-centeredness, then we have compassion and wisdom.
It is natural for children to be active and energetic. It is the responsibility of parents and society to give them healthy and constructive outlets.
The best way to help reform a problem child is to care for him with love and sympathy. Instead of feeling impatient or frustrated, see him as someone who has come to help you grow spiritually.
With only conceptual understanding of the Dharma, one is powerless against outside influences. Only by training your mind through precepts, meditation, and wisdom can you weather all the storms of life.
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Care for your family and friends in due course, thus bring warmth to them all.
The proper way of dealing with anger is to find out the cause of anger, apply the principle of emptiness, and divert the attention.