It is stated that when the door is locked, we need a key to open it. Even we have the key in hand, we still need to know how to open the door as there are many ways to open the door, for example, sliding, push and pull etc. What is the metaphor of the…
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…
The question in need of answer: a well-known master used the market as the teaching field. Because he was well-known, when people saw him, they dropped by and asked him questions about their previous life, rebirth, past and next life etc. But he ignored all questions as they were neither related to the present nor…
Practice makes perfect: a girl learned to play a violin, but the sound of violin she played was irritating. Her grandpa asked her, “What musical instrument is it, you are playing? She answered, “Violin, grandpa.” He thought violin produced such an annoying sound. Next morning, he walked the girl to school, near the school building, he heard a…
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…
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…
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…
It is stated that the positive way of thinking leads to happiness as a story told: A lady was always crying on the raining day and sunny day. She was asked why? She answered, “On the raining day, I am afraid that my elder son cannot sell his sweets. On the sunny day, I am…
There is a question: what is the most important thing to do in life? The answer is “To care.” Let’s talk about the asnwer, “To care” is a good action for ourselves, our familty, our community, society, nation and the world. To care is important because we are living beings and live together in this…
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…