This example illustrates the truth about most objects of enjoyment in our lives. It is common that an object cultivated for happiness turns instead into suffering and problems. To obtain true happiness, we actually need to destroy the cause of suffering. Two thousand five hundred years ago, Sakyamuni Buddha set forth methods for finding true peace and complete freedom. These methods are based on compassion and wisdom, and benefit both the people practicing them and those who come into contact with them.
Training are simple but quite profound.
By emulating their activities, our negativities can become purified and we can accumulate merit. We then become more like bodhisattvas and we eventually become bodhisattvas. We can put these texts into practice today. With continuous study and application of what we learn, we will replace unrewarding selfish ways of existence with enlightened thoughts, speech and actions based on compassion and love for others. The resulting benefit to ourselves and to others is real.