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…

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…

Health is not just about food we eat, it is also about what we think, speak, hear and see. So, we must feed good food to our mind or brain, ear and eye. In this way, our life will become wholesomely healthy and free from greed, hatred and delusion or ignorance.

There is discussion about knowledge and wisdom, what are they? Let’s talk about this, knowledge is the cause and wisdom is the effect or we can describe knowledge is “theory” and wisdom is “consequence of practice.” Knowledge is gained by studying under others like reading books written by the others and wisdom is gained by…

It is stated that a saying can become a good encouragement: a boy woke up crying, his father asked him, “Do you have a bad dream?” He said, “No, dad, it’s a good dream.” The father was stunned and asked his son, “If it’s good, why are you crying, then?” He answered, “Dad, I am…

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…