The real source of happiness is inner peace.

External conditions can only make us happy if our mind is peaceful.

If we integrate Buddha’s teachings into our daily life, we will be able to solve all our inner problems and attain a truly peaceful mind.

We need to ask ourself, what is the most meaningful way to use our life?

In essence this means to eliminate our negative and deluded states of mind, and to cultivate positive, peaceful states.

The first step towards changing our mind is to identify which states of mind produce happiness and which produce suffering.

When our mind is under the influence of delusions we are out of touch with reality.

Delusions are just bad mental habits, and like all habits they can be broken.

We can weaken our anger by familiarizing our mind with patience and love.

We definitely need to make an effort to liberate ourself from the mental prison of our deluded minds.

Their boundless and all-encompassing compassion gives Buddhas the energy to work without interruption for the sake of others.

If we train our mind to become peaceful we will be happy all the time, even in the most adverse conditions.

It seems as if our mind is like a balloon in the wind–blown here and there by external circumstances.