During the lecture, a disciple named Ananda asked the Buddha how to lead a peaceful life and always follow the chosen goal. Once Buddha and his disciples were in Savatthi – a city in ancient India. During the lecture, a disciple named Ananda asked him the rules to lead a peaceful life and always follow the goal that each person chooses. Ananda asked, “Buddha, can you tell us how to…
The Buddha has lighted the way for me to walk. I will practice the Buddha’s teachings. But I myself “must light the torch by myself”. Clinging to “greed, hatred, delusion” made me suffer. Because of ignorance, I always chase after the vanity and illusion. I have two children, two different personalities, one quiet, the other talkative. My daughter is the oldest, from kindergarten to the end of high school, she…
Usually we all want to be happy. So what is happiness? Happiness is pleasant things, peaceful things. If there is no peace and joy, no matter where you are, you will feel unhappy. The world often thinks that: Having money, having a high position, telling people to listen, scaring people like that is happiness. Without those qualities, there is no happiness. That happiness is the happiness of the world, it…