We like to explain the meaning of strength and weakness in the context of power. For example, strong people oppress the weak. However, there is another meaning of strength and weakness: the strong may try to control the weak, but if they cannot control themselves, they are weaker than the weak. On the contrary, if the weak can control themselves, they are stronger than the strong.
It is stated that life is a journey so we should intentionally learn a map before we set off our journey. It is necessary as knowing the map assists us to travel to the destination safely, neither to get lost nor go to the wrong path. There are also many obstacles in life journey and…
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…
It is stated that wholesome things will happen to our life when we distance ourselves from negativity. It is true as negativity will give us trouble at the present and the future, near or far. Therefore, be positive; thinking, speaking and acting.
Life is compared to coffee, so we can make the flavour that we like.
It is stated that this world is full of knowledge: everything is the teaching and everyone is our teacher. We just open our mind to learn it and apply it in our life. However, there’s an obstacle in learning: our mind is sometimes biased with some belief or tradition, so that we cannot receive or…
If ‘Life is like coffee’. How about a cup, which is a tool to hold or contain coffee. The cup is compared to job, money, success, status or position in life and society etc. There is a question, which one is more important, a cup or coffee? Of course, coffee is more important than the…