Suffering with others
It is comforting to know that other people have wrestled with the same questions we're facing, and have left us their best wisdom.
- The Mahayana branch of Buddhism includes the idea of a bodhisattva - a person who's is willing to postpone their own ultimate well-being in order to help others along the path to their well-being. Ask yourself if you're willing to suffer a bit more.
- The Buddhist teaching of the Middle Way warns against both extremes of self-denial and self-indulgence.
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