It is stated that people normally understand that if they have much money, they are rich. If they have a well-paid job, they are successful in life. If they have a lot of properties, they are wealthy. In fact, it is not like they understand: happiness is richness, inner peace is success, and good health is wealth. Without these, richness, success and wealth are useless.
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…
Good expression: a thief robbed an old man, “Give me all your money!” He replied, “Giving is good.” The thief kept on threatening him by saying, “You have seen my face so I have to kill you, too.” The old man said, “Killing me is good.” “What? Why is it good?”, the thief exclaimed. He replied, “I am…
Three Principles that the Buddha taught his monks on Maghapuja Day: Not to do evil, To do good and To purify mind.
It is stated that it is hard to keep our mind in our body, as we are always distracted by something; we see, hear, smell, touch or think of. However, if we can be careful and mindful of things from moment to moment: What comes and goes through our mind-doors, our mind can be neither…
It is stated that learning gives rise to knowledge to assist us to know right from wrong. However, some might use knowledge to challenge others to know who is wiser. This is not right as knowledge should help us get rid of the root of ignorance and in the same way helping others to know.
It is stated that we should bear this in mind: some people are happy with whatever they have, which is sometimes less than what we have. Therefore, the key of happiness is satisfaction of whatever we have. For example, we have £10 in our pocket, we should be happy with it as we can buy…