Our practice of the Dharma should be a continual effort to attain a state beyond suffering.
It should not simply be a moral activity whereby we avoid negative ways and engage in positive ones.
In our practice of the Dharma, we seek to transcend the situation in which we all find ourselves: victims
of our own mental afflictions- such as attachment, hatred, pride, greed, and so forth-are mental
states that cause us to behave in ways that bring about all of our unhappiness and suffering.
While working to achieve inner peace and happiness, it is helpful to think of them as our inner demons,
for like demons, they can haunt us, causing nothing but misery.
That state beyond such negative emotions and thoughts, beyond all sorrow, is called nirvana.
