Poem: Happiness

    HAPPINESS
To not even do the slightest wrong,
this, is happiness.

Tolerance

Sometimes it is better to simply tolerate the wrongs of others rather than trying to stop or oppose them. Everyone has their own set of faults and if one takes a stance of trying to oppose all these wrongs of others it can become a large burden on the mind and weight it down.
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Avoid Aimless Thinking

The importance of avoiding thinking during meditation can never be over-emphasised. Aimless and pointless thinking, especially when ill-will (vyapda), aversion (dosa), greed/desire (lobha), delusion (moha) and other such negative forces are involved, clouds the mind and makes it diffused. To gain a state of concentration and peace (samadhi) during meditation, all thinking must be ceased. [...]

Delaying the Response

The importance of delaying a response to a problem can never be over-emphasized; that is if this is possible and safe to do so.
    What is meant by ‘delaying a response’ here is taking time out to look at the situation at hand, taking as much time as practically possible to think, contemplate and formulate [...]