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. However, some people see and know the advice is good for their life, but they intentionally ignore it, pretending neither to hear nor see. Therefore, they could be regarded as a blind man.
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…
The truth is hidden in nature of things. What we name and talk about is not the truth. Therefore, we should not just believe anything with name and hearsay. We should question and investigate things to find out the truth, as they are dependent-originated. To know the truth, we are able to see the cause…
It is stated that the past and future are in our head. In fact, we have only here and now, which are in our hands; we can control it or change it for the better. However, the past has gone, nothing we cannot do about it and so neither the future. When we realize this,…
There is a discussion about theory and practice, which one is better? Some say theory is better as it produces knowledge, some say practice is better as it produces experience and consequence. For my understanding, I think theory and practice are dependent originated, as theory without practice is useless. For example, we may learn, read…
Carelessness is the way of death. This is a good reminder for all human beings, as they like to live a careless life. Particularly, they like to postpone the time, when starting working; I will do it tomorrow, next week, next year etc. They seem to understand that they will never die. In fact, life…
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…
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…
The truth is hidden in nature of things. What we name and talk about is not the truth. Therefore, we should not just believe anything with name and hearsay. We should question and investigate things to find out the truth, as they are dependent-originated. To know the truth, we are able to see the cause…
It is stated that the past and future are in our head. In fact, we have only here and now, which are in our hands; we can control it or change it for the better. However, the past has gone, nothing we cannot do about it and so neither the future. When we realize this,…
There is a discussion about theory and practice, which one is better? Some say theory is better as it produces knowledge, some say practice is better as it produces experience and consequence. For my understanding, I think theory and practice are dependent originated, as theory without practice is useless. For example, we may learn, read…
Carelessness is the way of death. This is a good reminder for all human beings, as they like to live a careless life. Particularly, they like to postpone the time, when starting working; I will do it tomorrow, next week, next year etc. They seem to understand that they will never die. In fact, life…
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…
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…
The truth is hidden in nature of things. What we name and talk about is not the truth. Therefore, we should not just believe anything with name and hearsay. We should question and investigate things to find out the truth, as they are dependent-originated. To know the truth, we are able to see the cause…
It is stated that the past and future are in our head. In fact, we have only here and now, which are in our hands; we can control it or change it for the better. However, the past has gone, nothing we cannot do about it and so neither the future. When we realize this,…
There is a discussion about theory and practice, which one is better? Some say theory is better as it produces knowledge, some say practice is better as it produces experience and consequence. For my understanding, I think theory and practice are dependent originated, as theory without practice is useless. For example, we may learn, read…
Carelessness is the way of death. This is a good reminder for all human beings, as they like to live a careless life. Particularly, they like to postpone the time, when starting working; I will do it tomorrow, next week, next year etc. They seem to understand that they will never die. In fact, life…
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…