How to Overcome Your Difficulties by Ven Dr K Sri Dhammananda

How to overcome your difficulties by Ven Dr K Sri Dhammananda is one of the free Buddhist books I got from Bright Hill Temple in Singapore.


You can download the free ebook from http://www.kmspks.org/download/index.htm

It is extremely encouraging to read about the Buddhism principles in view of the recent crisis.

This pocket size little book has less than 50 pages. However, there are many principles to benefit us for life.

There are a few quotations that touch me deeply. I would like to list here, so that I will not ever forget, and you can benefit as well.



Quotes 1

Fear is nothing more than a state of mind.

Quotes 2

You cannot have two opposing sets of thoughts in your mind at one and the same time. (This quote is from a famous British anatomist)

Quotes 3

Calmness is not weakness. By exercising such calm and control, a man builds strength of character.

Quotes 4

One who really likes peace should not violate another man’s freedom.

Quotes 5

Religion is for your benefit. Even a short period spent in the company of spiritually-inclined people will produce good results.

Quotes 6

When we do not see how other people live, we may not learn the different ways of living. Travel is the best form of education.

Quotes 7

All of a man’s unhappiness results from the selfish desire for more pleasures that money can buy, more power over other men, and most important of all, the desire to live forever, even after death!

Quotes 8

It is we who make ourselves unhappy.

Quotes 9

Jokes and remarks directed at you in bad taste should be deflected with good humor.

Quotes 10

If everyone agrees with you, the world will soon run out of ideas.

Quotes 11

Praise is sweetness, an excess of which causes sickness.

Quotes 12

As soon as the desired object is obtained, the happiness ends and new desires arise. Getting the object appears not quite as satisfying as the chase itself.

Quotes 13

Wealth is not something for you to accumulate for craving’s sake. It is intended for your welfare, as well as the welfare of others.

Quotes 14

Wealth that is flouted arouses envy, but wealth that is well managed earns respect.

Quotes 15

When you are angry, who do you fight with? What do you fight with? You fight with yourself, for you are the worst enemy of yourself.

Quotes 16

People feel more comfortable with the illusion of happiness than with the reality of death.

Quotes 17

Attachment to worldly life creates a fear of death, but the truth is that all life is nothing but suffering. Death is natural and inevitable. It is not half as frightening as the thought of dying itself.