Re: The beauty inside...

This is a response to Dania's post about the Buddha encouraging others to cleanse their minds of impurities. Only those who can do this are fit to be called beautiful. She talks about how unfair it is that superficial and selfish people who are only interested in wanting nice clothes and looking good are the only ones considered beautiful.
Read more here: http://daniaguadalupe1228.blogspot.com/2012/04/beauty-inside.html?showComment=1333847640956#c1384084395136208189

If we are so concerned with always owning the right clothes or latest gadget, we will never win. There is no end to the wanting. Wearing a lot of makeup will not hide an ugly personality. As Buddha says, a pure mind is the only fit quality of a beautiful person.

Actually, maybe there is a difference between being a beautiful person and living a beautiful life. Society's depiction of glamour is typically sought after by shallow, selfish, and delusional people. These "beautiful" people are not at all what the Buddha would want to see. But maybe there is hope that these people can change their ways. They need to take small steps, and begin with cleansing their impurities from their mind instead of just what's on their face.

As you said, "Beauty shouldn't be about what you look like nor what you wear. It should be about the good positive changes we do today, and tomorrow." Be more than a pretty face, be a beautiful person all around.

-I have also posted this on my blog.