Practice for Others - The 2 fold effects of within and without.

There are very few people on this planet who can truly claim to have biggest problems of all. And more often than not these are the people who never seem to be complianing and are inspirations to the rest of us.

Life for the rest of us is comparatively not so bad as we make it out to look like. We crib about such petty problems at times that when we get a scoop of reality from someone else's life. We whine and moan about things from broken cellphones to broken relationships.

Try visiting a school for blind. Try spending a few hours at a construction site. Try driving around a red light area. Try giving a happy meal to a homeless soul. Try doing something different.

When we are constantly consumed by our own problems we lose sight of our blessings. The tendency to complain eats away our ability to develop true compassion. Compassion and selflessness go hand in hand afterall. How will you ever be compassionate towards others when you constantly seek compassion from the world yourself?

"What our society today needs more than anything is the spiritof empathy - the ability to put ourselves in the shoes of those who are facing hardship and suffering to uinderstand and share what they are going through. When the spirit of compassion becomes the bedrock of society, and is embodied by society's leaders, the future will be bright with hope." - Ikeda Sensei

Nichiren Buddhism stresses on the practice for others more than anything else. To pray for others, recognize their problems and help them rise above them. But practicing for others has 2 fold effect. Besides empowering the other we also empower our self. We build our compassion and realize our human revolution. Do not limit your kind heart only to your family or friends. Be also compassionate towards your foes, towards those who did you wrong and towards animals. When we build our ability for compassion for our environment around us in all its forms, we diminish the tendency of complaining and this leads to peace and serenity. Ultimately, happiness.