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Abstain from Killing and Set Animals Free

The best way to eliminate karma is to let animals go back to nature. The greatest evil in this world...

Good or Evil, A Fleeting Thought Makes All the Difference

The Flower Adornment Sutra says, “If people want to understand all Buddhas in their lives past, present and future, contemplate...

Dr Sun Yat-sen’s Fortuitous Encounter on Mount Putuo

Buddhism advocates equality, fraternity, compassion and philanthropy.  -- Dr Sun Yat-sen   Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), leader of the 1911...

Fate Lies in Your Own Hands

People in general are more concerned about themselves than about anyone else, especially their own fate. Some assume that they...

Not Seeing Mount Lu Just Because One is Right in It

Su Shi (1037-1101) wrote a short poem titled “Written on the Wall of Xilin Temple” (see Note 1), describing the...

The Suffering from Association with a Hated One

Buddhism teaches us that there are eight types of suffering in human life: birth, aging, sickness, death, separation from a...

Do Animals Have Spirituality?

A friend asked, “Why should believers in Buddhism be vegetarian? My religion believes that animals have no spirituality. If so,...

Brotherhood

A younger brother repaying grievances with compassion In the times of Sakyamuni Buddha, there was a farmer in Benares, India,...

Birth and Fate

Two scholars, born on the same day but with different destinies According to An Ancient Mirror for Moral Education, there...

Do You Know Your Own Mind?

Human beings continue to develop science and technology while advancing material civilization by leaps and bounds. At the same time,...
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