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From: S_Lin5000
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Thank you so much for your wise response. Although it will take time, I will reflect more upon Buddha's four sublime pieces of Dharmma and especially Mudita. I hope in the future, I will always be able to cherish other's people's sucesses.

With Love, Steven

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From: Pesala The Next Emperor   As the Emperor was getting old, and had no children, he called together the children of all his courtiers and gave them each a seed. He told them, Â?Whoever grows the best flower will be the next Emperor.Â?   The children all took their seeds home, planted them, and watched over them carefully. The son of the chief gardener thought he had a good chance of winning, as he knew just what to do, but the weeks went by and his seed failed even to sprout. At school, the other children boasted about how well their plants were doing, but he just kept quiet.   He tried everything, changing the soil, keeping the pot warm or cool, but as the day approached for judging, he had no result at all. On the final day, when all the children had to take their flowers to show to the Emperor, he was so dissapointed and ashamed that he didnÂ?t want to go at all. His father encouraged him, Â?Never mind. You have done your best. Take it anyway.Â? So, very reluctantly, he took his empty pot to the EmperorÂ?s court.   When he arrived there, all of the other children had flowers and plants. He just hid his empty pot, and talked to no one. He stayed right at the back as all the other children went up to show their flowers to the Emperor. The Emperor looked at each flower in turn, but never even smiled. At last, all the children except the gardenerÂ?s son had shown their flowers, and the Emperor called him: Â?Come, please show me what you have grown.Â? Trembling with fear, thinking that everyone would laugh at him, he took his empty pot out of his bag, and covering it with his hands, took it to the Emperor.   The Emperor took one look, and smiled. Â?Ah! You have won the competition. You will be the next Emperor.Â?   The gardenerÂ?s son could not believe his ears. Â?Why have I won? My seed didnÂ?t even sprout, and all the other children had beautiful flowers.Â?   Then the Emperor spoke to all of the children, Â?Before I gave out the seeds, I had them boiled. That is why they would not grow. All of you, except for the gardenerÂ?s son, threw away the seed that I gave you, and put another in its place. Only this boy was honest enough to keep trying with the seed that I gave him. Therefore he is the only one suitable to be the next Emperor.Â?

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From: Northernsoul19781 Hi I myself have had depression in the past Apart from meditation - metta and vipassana are really useful - I have also found working backwards through the mini-circle of samsara useful too. I do this by asking the following questions: What do I not have now (that perhaps I had before) that has made me depressed? What led me to want that thing/feeling? What did i think I would achieve by wanting that thing/feeling? What 'dukkha' (unsatisfactoriness) led me to want that thing in the first place? By working backwards like this I find a root dissatifaction either with myself/others/the world around me. I make no judgments about this I simplay observe the law of cause and effect coolly and calmly. This observation I have found calms my mind and prevents future depressive moods. For example, in our current society there is an expectation that we should always be happy all of the time and if we're not there must be something wrong us. This is untrue. Human emotions come and go. As a meditator we simply need to observe this ebb and flow and make no judgments. As for whether this is caused by our own karma or karma from previous lives - this is irrelevant and smacks of punishment and reward - this is not the purpose of the Budddha's path which is to transcend both. I hope this helps Metta James

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From: swdwww Hello Steven,   One thing to consider is that when others receive good fortune, it is because of their good kamma and we should respect that.   We can recognize that jealousy is a harmful emotion to ourselves as well as to others - that we give away our peace of mind and receive nothing in return, for what good has jealousy ever done you?   We can also approach it from the other angle, which is to let go of our wanting things to come out any particular way - to cultivate the attitude of trying our best, for the effort is what we can control, while letting go of the result, which is usually outside of our control.   With Metta,   Robert

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From: S_Lin5000 Hello everyone! My name is Steven and I just joined this group today because I really had to pour some of my emotions out today after finding out some things. I'm a Therevada Buddhist also and came from Yangon, but I've attended an english school since nursery. And I am in 11th grade as of right now. My life is pretty balanced in many aspects but this element of Jealousy strives to keep torturing me. I've tried so many things such as meditation and control over this problem and yet I cannot get over it. It seems that this jealousy pertains only to other males and is caused by a variety of topics. Some factors that make me jealous and which later makes me furious are such things as people getting better scores than me on tests or in class (although I hide my emotions), or just anything that my friends say that prove advantageous or better than me in some way. Perhaps you could say that I am extremely competitive but even though I acknowledge the fact that I'm competitive, I still really wish to destroy this negative element in my life so that I may be happy. Please share with me some ideas, Buddhist stories, or anything else that can alleviate my situation and possibly the dismembering of my jealousness. Thank you so much! Smiles, Steven

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