Be Harmonious and Gentle with Each Other

Be Harmonious and Gentle with Each Other

In the second volume of the Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (The Sutra of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life, Jpn. Daimuryōjukyō), there is an important teaching about how we should lead our life:

All people in the world , parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, other family members, and extended family members,

should respect and love each other and should not hate and envy each other.

They should share their possessions with each other, without being greedy, always speak gently, and live harmoniously without hurting each other.

Further, the sutra explains what will happen if we fight with each other or if we get angry with others:

Even a small amount of hatred among people makes them become hostile to each other in the present life, and this escalates into a mass of hostility among them in their lives to come. This is because in everyday matters they are persistently harming each other.

The sutra clarifies how important it is to be gentle and harmonious with each other in our daily life.

From Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai

a pic by ZDOMI.