It is stated that when we live our life, we should bear this in mind: the past problem cannot be solved and the future anxiety cannot be changed. We have no control of the past and future. However, we can control the present moment, we just make the right choice in the here-and-now. Then, the…

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…

It is stated that there are two sources of knowledge or wisdom, one’s from the others like reading a book or listening to the teachings of the others, and another’s from ones’ own experience like we might hear a lot about the taste of an apple, but we never know the real taste of the…

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…

It is stated that if we deeply observe things as they are, we will see that everything is our teacher. We can learn and gain knowledge from them. When we have knowledge, we will be fine with everything that comes and goes through our life, as we are able to adjust ourselves to all situations….

We should not assume that loud is strong and quiet is weak. Similarly, open eye does not mean, we can see and understand everything. Sometimes, closed eye can see and understand more than open eye as we consider, contemplate on the object or meditate on it. One Buddhist monk said, “I close my eyes, it…