True Compass of One's Life

Buddhist principles have been widely adopted by many people, especially the Buddhist, as a beacon while their lives are in storm of crisis or when they find no way out of besetting trouble.

Today, I have one person who is a great example of this case. This woman was through all the gigantic storm of her life by performing meditation, one of the most famous Buddhist practices.

Thitinart Na Pattalung, a writer of best-seller book “Kem-Tid-Chee-Wit” or the Compass of Life I and II, is one of my idols. She is not only a writer of a book, but also the one who encourage and guide millions of her readers to the light in their lives.

Thitinart graduated bachelor degree when she was 18 and graduated MBA from University of London. When she was 25, she established her own jewelry business, Working Diamond, and two years later she’d faced the crisis. Her husband passed away and left over 100 millions baht debt. She’s become a single mom and had to pay those debts by herself.

During the rough time, she had a chance to practice Buddhist meditation and she soon realized that misery was in one’s mind and if we did not take it to heart, it would not bother us at all and we would finally find a way out.

And that was a breakpoint in her life. She followed the Buddhist principles in her living and doing business. Within three years, she could clear off all 100-million debts. But nobody expected that she would sell all of her business, and early retired herself.

Thitinart reasoned that she did not want to cling to anything worldly and she believed in “sufficiency in life”. She’s saved some money that she believes it is enough to support her son and herself. After quitting business, she’s become a dharma lecturer in the government and private organizations and also in the dharma retreats.

She is now happy with her peaceful way of life, and her honorable job.

“Living with sufficiency is very important for our inside growth. A friend of mine told me a story. She’s got a gift from her husband which was a thumb-size diamond with inestimable price, but eventually it became her burden. Whenever she left home she must be worried about it……. she lost time in her life with that diamond. Finally she realized that a treasure was an unreal happiness, but a true burden and misery in life.”

Her first and second books,

I believe many people are struggling to find the way out from trouble in our lives, and I also believe that we will be able to simply figure it out. Just being wise and being in our right mind.

Wish you all can find a true compass of life.

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