How Do You Let Go Of Attachment To Things? Don’t Even Try. It’s Impossible. Attachment To Things

- A message from 23 nights temple -

“In times of hardship, there is actually hope and joy. When things are easy, actually trouble and suffering increase.”

-二十三夜堂からのメッセージ-

“苦労しているときには、却って希望や喜びがある。楽をしていると、却って悩みや苦しみが増える。”

“When you have Yin you must have Yang, when you have Yang you must have Yin, they mutually kind of compliment each other. For instance you cannot succeed without failure. If you always succeed you can’t succeed any more. You’ve got to have some failure in order to succeed, it’s all relative. So then perhaps a good way to relieve anxiety. Today for instance, we are so much troubled with anxiety. Perhaps this is the way.”

~ Gia-fu Feng

“Listening is loving”

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You have to stop ruining things for yourself preemptively because you believe they’ll fail anyway. Give yourself a chance to succeed.

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

— Buddha