Modern Meditations: A Buddhist Sampler by Nichiko Niwano  back
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Ourselves Chapter 5 Developing Mental Flexibility  download PDF
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electronic banking, some people tend to concentrate
enthusiastically on amassing more and more possessions.
Possessions are undeniably important as the material basis of
our lives. Thus the interest in acquiring more of them as
efficiently as possible is natural. But single-minded devotion
to the desire of the moment and the acquisition of belongings
leads to the delusion that happiness can be calculated in terms
of money, a delusion that can blind us to the most important
aspects of our humanity.  To prevent that kind of delusion and
the mental agitation it causes, we must understand exactly what
is important and assimilate the spirit of the Buddhist teaching
of the true basis for satisfaction. The Dhamma