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It is stated that this world is full of knowledge: everything is the teaching and everyone is our teacher. We just open our mind to learn it and apply it in our life. However, there’s an obstacle in learning: our mind is sometimes biased with some belief or tradition, so that we cannot receive or…
Key to Happiness
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…
Strength and Weakness
We like to explain the meaning of strength and weakness in the context of power. For example, strong people oppress the weak. However, there is another meaning of strength and weakness: the strong may try to control the weak, but if they cannot control themselves, they are weaker than the weak. On the contrary, if…
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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…
Mirror
It is stated that respect is like a mirror, reflecting our image: the more we show to other people, the more respect will reflect back on us. Similarly, the more we love people, the more we will be loved.
Dependent origination
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…