It is like the story written by Leo Tolstoy: A king wanted to have forever happiness. He consulted with his officers how to achieve it. He was advised to find a happy man, take his shirt and put it on, he will be endlessly happy. The king sent his men to look for the happy…
It is stated that happiness is abstract or formless that all people want and do whatever they can to achieve it. However, they normally understand that happiness is in either materials or objects, such as luxurious cars, big houses and expensive items. They understand, if they have those things, they will be forever happy. In…
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 comparison brings about conflict to life; it is either inferior or superior. It is inferior when we feel, we don’t have possessions like others. It is superior when we feel, we have much more than the others. We should be like nature, neither compare oneself to anyone nor complain anything, like…
It is stated that “Not to know” is the biggest problem in life, because if we don’t know, we will spend our life with doubt in everything. On the contrary, if we know, all doubt is cleared. This reminds me of a story: an old man hid a coin in his hands and asked children…
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….
It is stated that life is a journey so we should intentionally learn a map before we set off our journey. It is necessary as knowing the map assists us to travel to the destination safely, neither to get lost nor go to the wrong path. There are also many obstacles in life journey and…
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,…
It is stated that knowledge or wisdom is compared to light that guides life out of the darkness or trouble. There is a saying: if you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path. It is true and similar to the inspiring story: a man yelled at a blind man, “Why…
It is stated that there are two sources of knowledge or wisdom, one’s from the others like reading a book or listening to the teachings of the others, and another’s from ones’ own experience like we might hear a lot about the taste of an apple, but we never know the real taste of the…