Recently, I came across one question: how long is life? Is it a 100 year, 90 yearrs, 80 yearrs or 70 years? The answer is life is as short as the in-and-out breath. If we breathe in, we do not breathe out, we die and if we breathe out, we do not breathe in, we die. This is true, life is so short as our in-and-out breath, so live our life carefully and mindfully. We won’t regret it.
There’s a saying: if you do not like where you are now, why not you make a move as you are not a tree, you can move wherever you want. It is true, as we, human being, can move anywhere while we are alive. But if a tree is moved, it will be dead. However,…
We must realize that we live in imperfect world, which is full of imperfect creatures, including us, human beings. If we look at the true side of things, we will see all are imperfect. For instance, ‘the sea’, which we think is great. However, it is still subject to praise and blame like all, for…
It is stated that we should learn to sit back and observe things as they really are, as not everything needs a reaction. However, this is hard to do as we get used to being distracted. Anyway, we can manage our reactions to what we see, hear, smell, touch and think of by being mindful…
It is stated that life is not about being rich, being popular, being highly educated or being perfect. But it is about being real, humble and kind towards oneself and others.
On one occasion, an abbot, who loved planting orchids, told his novice to take good care of his plant. His novice said, “Yes, sir” and he took good care of the plant, watering, weeding and fertilising it. The plant was very beautiful. One sunny day the novice took the plant outside of the window to be in the sun and air. Accidentally, a strong wind…
We know! we cannot control what is happening, we must control the way we react to it. This will become our power to cease anger, anxiety, depression, fear of loss and departure. And then, life will be relaxed and under our control.