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Every friend is an extension of me. Every friend has taught me what I am. How can I not be thankful to those friends, who cared for me, loved me, and gave me a warm experience of the feeling of love? How can I not be thankful to those friends, who made me feel that I am so beautiful, and gave me the feeling of being on the top of the world? How can I not be thankful to those friends, who has given me the knowledge and helped me to stand in front of the world with the feeling of security. How can I not be thankful to those friends, who went away from me and gave me the experience of detachment from loved ones and loneliness? How can I not be thankful to those friends, who cheated me and thereby gave me the experience of the feelings of hate and anger? How can I not be thankful to those friends, who left me and found another friend and thereby gave me experience of jealousy? How can I not be thankful to those friends, who put me down and made me feel inferior by showing my weakness, giving me the experience of deprivation? How can I not be thankful to ALL those friends, who just made me think that my mind is in the control of others and nothing is in my own control? One day I sat in the corner of my room, thinking and thinking, looking here and there, and then saw what: A glance at a book of Buddha! How can I not be thankful towards the Buddha who explained compassion to me . My dear friend, destroy these mental seeds of those feelings that control your mind. Why don’t you try to destroy these mental seeds of hate? Why don’t you try to destroy these mental seeds of anger? Why don’t you try to destroy these mental seeds of jealousy? Why don’t you try to destroy these mental seeds of greed? Why don’t you try to destroy these mental seeds of laziness? Why don’t you try to destroy these mental seeds of clinging? These emotions are very harmful to your mind… Reform your mind my dear friend! Dhamma will teach you, how to reform nothing other than your mind. Deepsea...
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