In 2016, Buddha’s birthday falls on may 21. According to legend, the Buddha was born on this day in 623 BC, attained enlightenment in 543 BC on the same day died, reaching complete Nirvana. Thus, while there were three important events in Buddha’s life.
Remember some of his sayings. They are relevant today:
Be gentle with the young, compassionate with the elderly, tolerant of the weak and misguided. Once in your life you have been or will be each of them.
Words have power and can both destroy and heal. The right and kind words can change our world.
What we have today is the result of our yesterday thoughts and todays thoughts create tomorrow’s life. Life is a product of our mind.
To think that someone else can make you happy or unhappy, is just ridiculous.
Easy to live with someone who cheeky as a crow, cocky, obsessive, reckless, spoiled. But difficult to live with someone who is modest, who always seeks clean, who’s impartial, cool-headed, visionary, whose life is pure…
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life won’t become shorter. Happiness does not become less when shared.
Hatred cannot defeat hatred. Only by love is hatred overcome. It is an eternal law.
If you want to know what you did in a past life — look at your current state. If you want to know your future, look at your current actions.
According to the materials online.
