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Eight Winds
Life even in the best of times can be challenging, which is why
the Buddha taught the lesson about the Eight Winds. Through faith,
practice and study we try to live lives of happiness, but often
our emotions can play havoc as life deals us its daily hand. The
Eight Winds can be divided into two groupings, positive winds and
opposing winds. The Four positive winds include: prosperity, honor,
praise and pleasure. The Four opposing winds include: decline, disgrace,
censure and suffering.
Quickly, we see how difficult it can be to remain on an even keal
for surely we deserve great praise, how dare someone disgrace me
with false gossip, the loss of my friend brings suffering, I
feel so great winning five hundred dollars on a lottery ticket.
Nichiren shares with us "a truly wise person is not elated
by prosperity" M.W. 1 - p. 206 But what does this mean? to
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