In English
Treat Pleasure and Pain as the Same
So, whatever happens, consider it as God’s Grace. Without difficulties, there is no pleasure. We should consider both pleasure and pain with equanimity. Some people think, “God gives us pleasure for some time and pain for some time. Why should there be this change?” If we receive pleasure for all 24 hours, we will not know the value of pleasure. If we eat at 10 AM, would we eat again at 11 AM or 12 PM? We cannot. We will wait and eat at 4 PM. Why do we take this much time to eat? This is because what we eat needs to be digested. Only after food is digested can we eat again. For the food to be digested, we are giving some gaps in between.