With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, one can attain happiness in any group or community, and the eagerness to serve others will endow you with the power and skill necessary for the required service. Nowadays, we tend to regard it as derogatory to serve, but there is great worth in service.
You should discover your own reality and not thwart yourself. For you have the self as your only friend, or as your only enemy.
How much suffering and fear, and how many harmful things are in existence? If all arises from clinging to the “I”, what should I do with this great demon?
Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return.
Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
