December 12, 1950
January 23, 2008
Tuesday – Clear
In propagating this supreme Law, one should make the sacred teachings of the Buddha’s lifetime his basis and familiarise himself with the commentaries of the eight sects.
- (GZ, pg 1038)
Nothing is more changable than the human mind. Friends who were as close as fish and water until yesteday may become enemies brandishing arms at one another today. A person deeply in love in the morning may change his or her by evening, as easily as water flows. A visitor with whom one conversed intimately a few days ago may flare up in anger in response to a moment’s shift of mind.
My heart does not change, but my circumstances are intimidating.
Though youth may be trampled upon and assailed by their surroundings, they must grow straight and powerfully, like young shoots emerging from the black soil. They must live with pure and youthful vitality.
Youth is the highest and greatest privilege in the universe.
Society is in chaos. yet to be defeated would be tragic. Defeat could all too easily be the first step towards a miserable life.
Home at 11:00.
