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The past mind cannot be grasped; the present mind cannot be grasped; the future mind cannot be grasped. —From the Diamond Sutra The human mind is changeable; one thought lasts but an instant, and after that instant passes, a new thought arises. Neither others nor…

One day my elder brother said to me: what is a cause you love? A cause you love is the kind of cause that may make you feel fatigued, but will never make you feel weary. This sentence left a deep impression on me; no…

Life can never be calm; the only thing that can be calm is our own heart. —Epigraph At the age of eighteen, when I was a freshman, my father went bankrupt and the family fell into hardship. That year my elder brother was a junior,…

According to general statistics, 25% of China's urban population will develop cancer, while the proportion among the rural population is 21%. The more developed the city, the higher the cancer rate. In first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou, basically one in three…

Over four or five days, in bits and pieces, I finished watching the twelve-episode documentary The Journey of Xuanzang. I was quite moved after watching it, and conceived the idea of writing a book titled The Lives of the Wise, in which I would set…

He who would subdue demons must first subdue his own mind; once the mind is subdued, all demons withdraw and listen. He who would master the untoward must first master this qi; once the qi is balanced, external violence cannot invade. —Cai Gen Tan (Vegetable…

There is an old Chinese saying: let anything rest for three years, and it will no longer be an issue. In a lifetime we encounter many unpleasant things; after letting them rest for three years, we will feel that the pain and clinging of the…

To reduce by one part in life is to transcend by one part: reduce associations and you avoid troubles; reduce words and you lessen blame; reduce anxieties and your spirit is not drained; reduce cleverness and your original simplicity can be preserved. Those who seek…

Vasiliev, who wrote Theory of Love, concluded through extensive data research that the passion arising from sexual desire between a man and a woman can last at most twenty-five months. That is, once two people are together for more than two years, they no longer…

Some cancer patients, after falling ill, are easily influenced by religion and become ascetics and vegetarians, carrying their lives to an extreme and resulting in malnutrition both physically and mentally, which is very unfavorable to recuperation. I write this article to set forth my personal…