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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.
Real knowledge can fix everything
It is stated that to know is the gate to happiness as knowledge can fix everything: after checking the failed ship’s engine carefully, an old mechanic gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. The engine was fixed! A week later, the ship’s owner received a bill from the old man. “What, a thousand…
Light of Wisdom
It is stated that knowledge or wisdom is compared to light that guides life out of the darkness or trouble. There is a saying: if you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path. It is true and similar to the inspiring story: a man yelled at a blind man, “Why…
Experience
An old master taught his students, “If I tell you, this apple is delicious, you should take note of my words, but don’t believe me offhand, because you haven’t tasted it yet.” This is true teaching, as seeing or experiencing is believing. Therefore, we should not believe in hearsay and philosophy, or these are the…
Wanting
There are two meanings of wanting; unwholesome and wholesome. It is unwholesome, when it causes suffering, more wanting, inadequateness, chaos and no peace. It is wholesome, when wanting comes to end suffering, detach from desire, practise and develop oneself for the better. Which wanting do you want to have, unwholesome or wholesome? It is free…
Mind is the best
When a friend of mine firstly became a Buddhist and visited a Buddhist land, he wore a lot of Buddhist ornaments like a Buddha amulet, necklaces and beads. There, an old monk, who cannot speak any English, showed his body language to him: objects or ornaments (materialism) are not good, but mind (spiritualism) is the…