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 best.
It is stated that we were born in the conditioned world; don’t let the world break us or make us hard. Don’t let pain make us hate. Don’t let the bitterness steal our sweetness and don’t let the suffering steal our happiness. We must be strong and true to ourselves, not be deluded by the…
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…
There is a question: what is the most important thing to do in life? The answer is “To care.” Let’s talk about the asnwer, “To care” is a good action for ourselves, our familty, our community, society, nation and the world. To care is important because we are living beings and live together in this…
It is stated that being happy is a choice we make as nothing will make us happy until we choose to be happy. It is noticeable that happy people focus on what they have and satisfy with it. On the contrary, unhappy people always focus on what is missing; that makes themselves unhappy. What is…
There is a wise saying: let it go. However, people mostly care too much about what others say, so they cannot let it go; they pick it up and think it over. Worse than that, it makes them neither sleep nor eat well. In practice, they must leave the saying where it was said like…
It is stated that nothing’s wrong to have great faith in the doctor. It is useful to encourage the patient to follow his advice and prescription. This is how to free people of disease. The doctor also makes people understand how the medicine works and the importantly, the patient must take the medicine, because without…