Contentment lies not in getting what we want, but in no longer wanting.
Moderation isn’t deprivation, it’s contentment.
The contented mind no longer lurches erratically between longing and aversion, but is at ease with all it encounters.
When we realize that we cannot control others, circumstances, or things, we will begin to let go. Begin to find freedom.
Accomplishing something, do not think you have gained. Not accomplishing it, do not think you have lost.
The less we have, the less we have to worry about. By being content with what we have, and knowing that nothing is lacking, we realize we have everything we need.
Imagine the contentment we will feel when upon deciding what to do, we ask ourselves not: “what will benefit me,” but: “what will help others.”
Instead of being swept along by others’ surging emotions, foster those that are stable and unruffled within.
Seek equanimity and contentment not on a distant mountaintop, but in everything you do.
Ven. Wuling
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