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Just a short Buddhist outlook on life.   1. Take into account that great love and great achievements       involve great risk.   2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.   3. Follow the three R's:       Respect for self       Respect for others and       Responsibility for all your actions.   4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a       wonderful stroke of luck.   5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.   6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.   7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate       steps to correct it.   8. Spend some time alone every day.   9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. 10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. 11. Live a good, honorable life. Then...

The Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum The Mani mantra is the most widely used of all Buddhist mantras, and open to anyone who feels inspired to practice it -- it does not require prior initiation by a lama (meditation master). The six syllables of the mantra, as it is often pronounced by Tibetans -- Om Mani Padme Hum -- are here written in the Tibetan alphabet: Reading from left to right the syllables are: Om (ohm) Ma (mah) Ni (nee) Pad (pahd) Me (may) Hum (hum) The vowel in the sylable Hu (is pronounced as in the English word 'book'. The final consonant in that syllable is often pronounced 'ng' as in 'song' -- Om Mani Padme Hung. There is one further complication: The syllable Pad is pronounced Pe (peh) by many Tibetans: Om Mani Peme Hung. "There is not a single aspect of the eighty-four thousand sections of the Buddha's teachings which is not contained in Avalokiteshvara's six syllable mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum", and as...