Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda

What is the purpose of life? It is happiness. But here are two kinds of happiness: relative and absolute. Relative happiness comes in a wide variety of forms. The purpose of Buddhism is to attain Buddhahood. In modern terms, this could be explained as realizing absolute happiness-a state of happiness that can never be destroyed or defeated.

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Burma-shave: A "brushless shaving cream" company, known for catchy, rhyming slogans. Examples include:

"If your hubby/ Trumps your ace/ Here's something/ That will/ Save his face/ Burma-Shave"

and

"Slap/ the Jap / with / Iron/ Scrap"
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