With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, one can attain happiness in any group or community, and the eagerness to serve others will endow you with the power and skill necessary for the required service. Nowadays, we tend to regard it as derogatory to serve, but there is great worth in service.
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
For which of you desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
One should not injure, subjugate, enslave, torture, or kill any animal, living being, organism, or sentient being. Just as suffering is painful to you, in the same way it is painful, disquieting and terrifying to all animals, living beings, organisms and sentient beings.
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
