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Dhammapada
Let a man avoid evil deeds, as a merchant, if he has few
companions and carries much wealth, avoids a dangerous road; as a man
who loves life avoids poison
Let a fool month after month eat his food (like
Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let
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LESSON X. BUSINESS RESULTS THROUGH CONCENTRATION
Habits make or break us to a far greater extent than we like to admit. Habit is both a powerful enemy and wonderful ally of concentration. You must learn to overcome habits which are injurious to concentration, and to cultivate those which increase ...
LESSON XI. CONCENTRATE ON COURAGE
A successful business is not usually the result of chance. Neither is a failure the result of luck. Most failures could be determined in advance if the founders had been studied. It is not always possible to start a money-making business at the star...
LESSON XII. CONCENTRATE ON WEALTH
Courage is the backbone of man. The man with courage has persistence. He states what he believes and puts it into execution. The courageous man has confidence. He draws to himself all the moral qualities and mental forces which go to make up a stro...
LESSON XIII. YOU CAN CONCENTRATE, BUT WILL YOU?
It was never intended that man should be poor. When wealth is obtained under the proper conditions it broadens the life. Everything has its value. Everything has a good use and a bad use. The forces of mind like wealth can be directed either for go...
LESSON XIV. THE ART OF CONCENTRATING BY MEANS OF PRACTICAL
All have the ability to concentrate, but will you? You can, but whether you will or not depends on you. It is one thing to be able to do something, and another thing to do it. There is far more ability not used than is used. Why do not more men of ...
LESSON XIX. A CONCENTRATED WILL DEVELOPMENT
I attended a banquet of inventors recently. Each inventor gave a short talk on something he thought would be accomplished in the future. Many very much needed things were spoken of. One inventor spoke of the possibilities of wireless telephone. Dist...
LESSON XV. CONCENTRATE SO YOU WILL NOT FORGET
EXERCISES Select some thought, and see how long you can hold your mind on it. It is well to have a clock at first and keep track of the time. If you decide to think about health, you can get a great deal of good from your thinking besides developin...
LESSON XVI. HOW CONCENTRATION CAN FULFILL YOUR DESIRE
A man forgets because he does not concentrate his mind on his purpose, especially at the moment he conceives it. We remember only that which makes a deep impression, hence we must first deepen our impressions by associating in our minds certain idea...
LESSON XVII. IDEALS DEVELOPED BY CONCENTRATION
"It is a spiritual law that the desire to do necessarily implies the ability to do." You have all read of "Aladdin's Lamp," which accomplished such wonderful things. This, of course, is only a fairy story, but it illustrates the fact that man has...
LESSON XVIII. MENTAL CONTROL THROUGH CREATION
Through our paltry stir and strife, Glows the wished Ideal, And longing molds in clay, what life Carves in the marble real.--Lowell. We often hear people spoken of as idealists. The fact is we are all idealists to a certain extent, and upon th...
LESSON XX. CONCENTRATION REVIEWED
New Method. You will find in this chapter a most effective and most practical method of developing the will. You can develop a strong one if you want to. You can make your Will a dynamo to draw to you untold power. Exercises are given which will, if...
Let a fool month after month eat his food (like
Let a fool month after month eat his food (like an ascetic) with the tip of a blade of Kusa grass, yet he is not worth the sixteenth particle of those who have well weighed the law ...
Let a man avoid evil deeds, as a merchant, if
Let a man avoid evil deeds, as a merchant, if he has few companions and carries much wealth, avoids a dangerous road; as a man who loves life avoids poison ...
Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let
Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let him overcome all bondage! No sufferings befall the man who is not attached to name and form, and who calls nothing his own ...
Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome
Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth! ...
Let a wise man blow off the impurities of his
Let a wise man blow off the impurities of his self, as a smith blows off the impurities of silver one by one, little by little, and from time to time ...
Let each man direct himself first to what is proper,
Let each man direct himself first to what is proper, then let him teach others; thus a wise man will not suffer ...
Let him admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what
Let him admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper!- -he will be beloved of the good, by the bad he will be hated ...
Let him keep his mouth closed, and shut up the
Let him keep his mouth closed, and shut up the portals (of his nostrils), and all his life he will be exempt from laborious exertion Let him keep his mouth open, and (spend his breath) in the promotion of his affairs, and all his life there will be no ...
Let him live in charity, let him be perfect in
Let him live in charity, let him be perfect in his duties; then in the fulness of delight he will make an end of suffering ...
Let him not despise what he has received, nor ever
Let him not despise what he has received, nor ever envy others: a mendicant who envies others does not obtain peace of mind ...
Let no man ever look for what is pleasant, or
Let no man ever look for what is pleasant, or what is unpleasant Not to see what is pleasant is pain, and it is pain to see what is unpleasant ...
Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his
Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled; the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gather it little by little ...
Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his
Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled; the wise man becomes full of good, even if he gather it little by little ...