Lesson 3

• Patricia Mische - explains that the transformation we should seek should not only be the transformation of our society, but also the transformation of our spirit because the inner transformation inspires the outer work.
• Patricia Mische concludes that "inner and outer transformations are inseparable parts of one whole"
• inner peace - is characterized by self-respect and recognition of one's own dignity as a human beings.
• personal peace - suggest that we respond to negative action directed to us in positive ways.
• Jing Lin - says that forgiveness is key to achieving inner peace.
• Thich Nhat Hanh - a Zen Buddhist master reminds that obsessing about our wounds keeps many of us from experiencing the fullness of the present.
• Thich Nhat Hanh - holds that a key to world peace is the practice of "being peace".
• Dalai Lama - leader of Tibetan people, and nobel peace prize awardee explains that a calm and wholesome state of mind has beneficial effects on our health and physical well-being. Conversely, feelings of fear and anger can be destructive to our health.
• World religions - the essential message is that we do to others what we want them to do to us.
• How to cultivate inner peace:

  • focus on the present moment
  • create daily peace practice
  • live simply
  • don't marinate in your upsets
• Thich Nath Hanh - he says that people of modern world try to fill in the vacuum inside all of us with overworking. However, this do not fill the emptiness that we fill nor give us a sense of security and well-being.
• Thich Nath Hanh - he says that each one of us have both the seeds of compassion, we nourish peace within us and around us.
• Thich Nath Hanh - he advocates compassionate, calm and deep listening, which, he says, can restore harmony.
• Dalai Lama - learn to reduce the influence of negative emotions so we can have a happier and more satisfying life.
• Dalai Lama - when people are caught up with the idea of acquiring more and being rich, without making room for anything else in their lives, it can result into loosing the dream of happiness.
• Dalai Lama - encourages people to be something more than their titles, incomes and possessions.