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Above: Buddhist literature proposes meditation as the best way to attain a sense of well-
being and avoid daily anxieties. But this is a great deception. Those who meditate to push
concerns out of their minds come face to face with the same worries when their medita-
tion ends. Trying to forget worries may afford temporary relief, but does not remove them;
temporary tranquilization of the brain is of no use. The only way to true well-being and
happiness is submit to the fate that the One and Only and True God has decreed. The be-
liever who knows that no single leaf falls apart from the will of God, knows too that every-
thing that happens to him is a test. Throughout his lifetime, a person is tested by
everything he experiences and by every deed he does. And in the life to come, he will re-
ceive the most just reward for them.
Left: A statue of Buddha in the Wat Po Temple in Bangkok.
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