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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…
Experience
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…
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It is stated that we should learn life to live life. When we have a skilful knowledge, we can make use of it in order to live a happy life. However, we, human, are not perfect, we should keep learning and developing ourselves. Otherwise, we may fail some days, even if we think we are…
Problem and Solution
It is stated that people like to blame each other for their unhappiness. In fact, happiness or unhappiness is the result of one’s own action. So, they should solve their own action, do it right, not do it wrong. Then, they will be happy. Bear in mind: if a problem has a solution, we must…