On one occasion, an abbot, who loved planting orchids, told his novice to take good care of his plant. His novice said, “Yes, sir” and he took good care of the plant, watering, weeding and fertilising it. The plant was very beautiful. One sunny day the novice took the plant outside of the window to be in the sun and air. Accidentally, a strong wind…

There are two meanings of wanting; unwholesome and wholesome. It is unwholesome, when it causes suffering, more wanting, inadequateness, chaos and no peace. It is wholesome, when wanting comes to end suffering, detach from desire, practise and develop oneself for the better. Which wanting do you want to have, unwholesome or wholesome? It is free…

We must realize that we live in imperfect world, which is full of imperfect creatures, including us, human beings. If we look at the true side of things, we will see all are imperfect. For instance, ‘the sea’, which we think is great. However, it is still subject to praise and blame like all, for…

It is stated that if we realize that our feelings such as anger, anxiety, worry and jealousy, occur or hide within our mind, we will mindfully guard our own mind, not to react to what we contact with too quickly as it will provoke those of our feelings. We will calmly and mindfully observe things…

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…

It is stated that the human world consists of happiness, suffering, praise, blame, fame, defamation, gain and loss. For sure, everyone wants a happy thing only in their life. However, their intention and effort must be matched, not just wanting. Otherwise, they cannot be happy or successful in what they want. That is because greed,…