There aren’t two versions of kindness: one for people we like and one for people we don’t. The kindness we cultivate through Buddhist practice has to work no matter what or else it isn’t real— and that means being kind even when we’re tempted not to be.

Because we can’t always be guided through observation, instructions are clarified here.

There is no path other than the one you’re on. See it straight on.

Life is full of difficulties. What we have to see is where the difficulty comes from.

I like to answer that Buddhism requires no beliefs, but that’s rather hard to believe.