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It is stated that people mostly live their life with some expectations, for example, they want to live the longest life like 80 years, 90 years, or a hundred year. However, they are disappointed as most of them cannot get what they expect or want as life is impermanent and unpredictable. However, if they are…
Source of Knowledge
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…
Knowledge clears out all doubt
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…
Learning and Awareness
It is stated that we have learned how to live a life since we were born or young. This learning will continue until we die. There are many teachers, teaching us how to live, starting from parents at home, teachers at school and college to lecturers at university. What we learn or study is mostly…
Change, yourself
It is stated that everyone wants to change the world, but no one wants to change oneself: after graduation, a man came back to his town, he desired to change his town for the better. So, he encouraged people to preserve the environment and keep the town clean. But no one cared for his advice….
A Mirror of Life
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….