How can one cultivate the self and alter ones behavior to best face lifes unforseeable crises (difficult problems)?
I wish the person who asked this question had been more specific and given me a concrete example. For example, some might consider taking an exam a difficult problem, but only sentient beings experience hardships in life, not the Buddha or Bodhisattva. If we learn from Buddha, attain wisdom from Buddha’s teachings, and perform good deeds, the difficult problem will never arise in our eyes. Many challenges face us now. The ever present problem is the question of “life and death.” For many people, grasping — let alone facing — this quandary is quite unfathomable. However, if one could be like Mr. Wang, who cultivated his life according to Buddha’s teachings and strived to be a Bodhisattva, one would be able to avoid many hardships in life and prevent such difficult problems from emerging. Assume that one dies before having the chance to cultivate and practice the Buddha’s way: in the end, one would transmigrate perpetually through the six realms. Such is not the way to transcend life a
