When do you feel there could be satanic or demonic cruelty in this world? While there are various psychopathic, sociopathic incidents reported nowadays, we can see a lot from our bloody human history. We call these incidents genocide or crimes against humanity. Each of us can never think of killing anyone in our everyday lives. … Continue reading Enemy of the People
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We are Nobody but Gardeners
What bothers us most of the time? We often complain about problems, thinking these are external, and saying we are supposed to be peaceful, but these external threats attack us. So, we believe: Life is a war. We live on the battlefield. Is that so? Perhaps, it is to some extent. Human history consists of … Continue reading We are Nobody but Gardeners
One Thing Is Needful
What is death? It is one of the common words we often use in our everyday life. At the same time, it is also one of the concepts that we tend to avoid taking it seriously. If we are already in this world for several decades, we must have experienced various deaths of others. We … Continue reading One Thing Is Needful
Live Forever
What is the earliest memory you can recall? Your experience weeks ago seems clear. So does years ago, even decades ago. Digging into it as early as possible, can you reach the earliest one in your life? Usually, that is the inception of your consciousness. I can barely recall one cloudy afternoon, walking with my … Continue reading Live Forever
The Six Realms of Samsāra
There are the Six Realms for reality. In this Buddhist cosmic view, every sentient being is born, dead, and reborn, repeating the cycle of birth and death endlessly, called Samsāra. Nobody can get out of this cycle unless one gets enlightened, leaping to the state of Nirvāna. In the Fourth Noble Truths, life is suffering … Continue reading The Six Realms of Samsāra
Existential Anxiety
There are three types of existence. When you see a stone in front of you, for example, would you think that this stone can exist even two hundred years from now on? Perhaps, it can. But then, this thought doesn't bother you so much. How about a person you don't know? Any human being can't, … Continue reading Existential Anxiety
Contributions to Life
Reflecting on our contributions to this world, and life in general, the questions we commonly ask ourselves would be like: What do we do?What do we have? In the same way, we ask people around to know more about them. What do you do? What do you have? Our curiosity about humans is also on … Continue reading Contributions to Life
