• Equanimity. True inner peace comes when we can respond to success and failure, praise and criticism in the same detached way. The Zen Master did not allow the unexpected event to disturb his inner peace and inner happiness. It shows that real happiness does not depend on the opinions of others.
• Acceptance. Whatever life throws at us, we need to accept the external influences we have no control over. The only thing we are responsible for is our own inner attitude.
• Character. True character depends on how we respond to difficult challenges.
• Judging Others. We should avoid making jumping to conclusions on people’s character.
• Conscience. We can never be happy when we ignore our conscience.
• Language. Language is very revealing. We can speak with anger and rage or we can speak peacefully.