It is stated that when people do something, they like to think of what they will gain from their doing. Sometimes, they must think oppositely like what they will lose, when they do that. For example, some meditators said when they meditated, they gained nothing and wasted time. However, they lost anger, anxiety, depression, insecure feeling, fear of old age and death. This loss is greater than gain.
It is stated that in early age, we need a teacher and teaching. A teacher should be kind and compassionate. A teaching should be focused on ‘to know right from wrong’. This reminds me of a story, in the well-known school one student was caught stealing. Other students requested the teacher to expel him with…
It is stated that we have learned how to live a life since we were born or young. This learning will continue until we die. There are many teachers, teaching us how to live, starting from parents at home, teachers at school and college to lecturers at university. What we learn or study is mostly…
It is stated that life is short, time is fast, we should enjoy every moment of our life. Because time is life, life is precious. Therefore, we should spend it in the right way; the way of peace and happiness.
It is stated that a mirror is useful to us, as we can see our image in it. But it’s useless for the blind. The advice is also compared to a mirror that we can reflect on it and more than that, we can make use of it to improve our life for the better….
Three Principles that the Buddha taught his monks on Maghapuja Day: Not to do evil, To do good and To purify mind.
Eating becomes a way of replenishing our body to enable us to stay alive. Hunger might be regarded as an illness, which is incurable, as from birth until now we are still hungry. However, eating is not a major issue for living beings if they know how to do it in moderation. If we don’t…