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And I don’t care for any excuses. I teach you to live in harmony with your family, but I don’t teach you to be a coward, to subdue to any kind of evils and unjust treatment. Because that’s no good. You sow karma for the person who persecutes you. If you cannot make it right, forget it. Or rather live as a bachelor. Try to be, of course, as peaceful as much as you can be, but be a man after all. Show people where they are wrong and where you’re meant to be right, and things like that. And talk together and bring them into understanding and try to live a proper life. […] Of course she might not listen to you, but at least you show. […]
You’re strong because you radiate some strong spirit from inside. You’re self-confident, you know that you are correct. You know that you’re virtuous. You know that you are a dutiful and faithful husband. You know you are a good man, so you have nothing to fear from anybody. […] Because many people complain to me that their wives don’t let them go. And every time he goes on retreat, she raises hell at home. So I was laughing, I said what kind of husband is this? Can’t even take care of a wife. And how can you take care of the country? How can you do anything else? And not to talk about becoming a Buddha and saving sentient beings and all that. You make me laugh. Saving sentient beings. Save yourself first. […]
Number 59: “One of the ways of concentration is by simply looking into the blue sky beyond the clouds, then find the serenity.” Serenity within yourself. […]
