There is no need to resist.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.

Whenever we encounter difficulties, we often complain that our fate is more black than others. Calm down and look closely, there is nothing very special, can not think that suffering is greater than suffering, because the feeling and capacity of each person is different. Sometimes, "A rich man cuts his hand with a beggar." So, the first thing we need to tell ourselves is, adversity is a common thing, it comes on its own and it will go on its own. The problem is how to deal with it so that it doesn't create and leave any significant destruction.

The most important thing is to immediately return to yourself, find ways to help emotions calm, calmly consider and accurately assess the extent of the damage of the ongoing or going to happen. Sometimes it is just a habit of being allergic to things that are unintentional, the attitude is not ready to receive unexpected unpleasant feelings, rather than a difficult situation. Well, even if it's a really difficult situation, don't let the classic fear from yourself, or the resonance of negative energy from those around you, cause your imagination to blow the room and distort the truth.

Remember, we are the vast sky, and other difficulties are only storms. No matter how crazy the windstorm is, it will not reach the blue sky. Practice for yourself the skill of observation and separation between the total ego (including knowledge, love, talent, virtue ...) and transient psychological phenomena. That is, we do not identify ourselves with the emotional storm, do not lose ourselves, are not manipulated by it and manipulate words and actions to resist and then regret.

To do that miracle, we have to practice the habit of observing our attitude in all situations, especially when listening to frank or disparaging comments. It is important to observe with an unbiased and unbiased attitude.

Do not add and don't miss anything that is happening with your emotions, don't obscure that pure experience with images or ideas that we have stored in our hearts. At that time, we will discover that we only have an unpleasant feeling or pain, a temporary source of energy, not the suffering of the self as we imagined or heard of others. assert and complain.

Of course, it is impossible to have this attitude right at the beginning of the practice, because we often have the habit of manipulating and nurturing our mind in some kind of good model. And, sometimes, we even deceive ourselves with sweet, small things, not to mention anything, but the soul to be ragged and broken without knowing or acknowledging. Only when consciousness is kept more important than keeping the scene, mindful light is sustained, can we afford to take that emotional trap into pieces.

If you have decided to practice, but your heart still cannot expand to receive difficulties, your will is not stronger to see that this is a valuable exercise, then you should not try too hard. Relax and rest, then slowly come back later.

Pay attention to the things that are also present around us. Those are conditions of happiness, don't forget. Do not keep muttering into the dark pool, will accidentally forget the presence of stars. When we see the magical sparkle of the stars, we may no longer want to look at the dark pool. We don't even see it as a terrifying dark puddle, but it is a must-have platform for stars to appear and shine. At some point we will awaken that, the momentary bliss and true happiness are two completely different things. One comes from an external attraction, and one is available from inner peace. The peace of the soul is to stop the desire and to resist the ego, not to add or to exclude, the state of absolute self-acceptance, seeing everything around is the material of life, of happiness blessed.

And at some point we will realize that fighting for people and fighting for ourselves are two very different but very easy to be confused with each other. One came from love and insight, and one came from the interests of the ego and superficial emotions.

If it is true for justice, for the common good of the collective or the community, do not interrupt humanism, plus a broad view - there is no evil person but only false thoughts and actions - then The optimal fighting method that we will choose is nonviolence. Because this way of fighting does not show aggression, respect for the opponent, solve problems with reason, and implicitly hope for an internal change without leaving unfortunate breakdowns. In general, transformation is needed rather than annihilation. This is the way of intellectual and human struggle, because we do not forget our fellowship with each other anyway.

The strange thing is that if there is less desire, then there will be less resistance, less greed, less anger, because greed and hatred are just two types of reaction to the opposite, the good, the bad, the gain, the failure. ... serving the shallow self. When we come back to live more with ourselves, without putting happiness and life into the inanimate material or erratic feelings of others, we will not have much reason to fight anymore. The ego is now a vivid, mysterious reality, in harmony with all things around, always full of energy and ready to lift every confused soul on the path of happiness.

Staring into the dark pool 
Overcast half of life 
Watching far away 
The stars are full of sky. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH  CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.18/8/2019.