There is a wise saying: let it go. However, people mostly care too much about what others say, so they cannot let it go; they pick it up and think it over. Worse than that, it makes them neither sleep nor eat well. In practice, they must leave the saying where it was said like those, who said it, left it behind. Additionally, they should not care about what has gone and has not come yet. They must care about what can be done in the here-and-now.
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…
Three Principles that the Buddha taught his monks on Maghapuja Day: Not to do evil, To do good and To purify mind.
There is a question; who is the most important person in our life? The answer is the person, with “whom” we are now. Let’s reflect on the answer: “The person with whom we are now” should start with ourselves, as we spend most of the time with ourselves until the end of this life. But…
There are two kinds of food for life: one is food for the body, which is a diet and another is food for the mind, which is knowledge or wisdom. Food for the body is obvious as it’s needed to maintain the body and food for the mind is also needed to supports life. Two…
It is stated that people like to blame each other for their unhappiness. In fact, happiness or unhappiness is the result of one’s own action. So, they should solve their own action, do it right, not do it wrong. Then, they will be happy. Bear in mind: if a problem has a solution, we must…
It is stated that life is not that complicated if we intentionally learn it. We would realize that old age, sickness, happiness, suffering, even death exists in this life. Without study, we will get confused with life, and have many questions of WHY? For example, why some people die young, why some people die old,…