It is stated that “Life is short”, so we must spend it in a useful and positive way like eat healthy food, when we are hungry, sleep well, when we are sleepy, rest enough, when we are tired, say sorry when we are wrong and thank life as we wake up with it in every morning. This is regarded as a wise way of life.
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…
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 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 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…
An old master taught his students, “If I tell you, this apple is delicious, you should take note of my words, but don’t believe me offhand, because you haven’t tasted it yet.” This is true teaching, as seeing or experiencing is believing. Therefore, we should not believe in hearsay and philosophy, or these are the…
When a friend of mine firstly became a Buddhist and visited a Buddhist land, he wore a lot of Buddhist ornaments like a Buddha amulet, necklaces and beads. There, an old monk, who cannot speak any English, showed his body language to him: objects or ornaments (materialism) are not good, but mind (spiritualism) is the…