The worldly achievements

The Flowers Of Guidance Volume One Nine Instructive Steps to Gaining Knowledge Step 7: Happiness and Kindness

Is it not what the Holy Quran denotes: “and [yet], do not forget your share of the world.” (Al-Qasas, Verse 77). Who had ever lead humans in sorrow and sadness and tears and distress and abandoning the world and ceasing legitimate pleasure and joys? Who had ever ordered to be grumpy and fretful and pessimistic? Tell me. In the book of “Ecclesiastes,” of the “Torah scrolls,” section 3, it says: “… and it is by the mercy of God that all can eat and drink and see goodness from all his efforts.”

In the epistle of Mencius, of Confucianism, it is said: “This is the temperament that is extremely powerful and grand. Whenever is properly satiated, and whenever no harm comes to it, it will fill from the Earth to the skies.”

In the Book of “Dhammapada” of Buddhism, it states: “If a job must be done, then do it with power and interest. Place yourselves as an island. Be diligent and be wise.”