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July 21, 2015 Starting a few days ago, I have been making a series of subtractions in my life. First, a big subtraction in the things I have to do. This is how it works: I list the things I am doing and need to…

At thirty one stands; at forty one is no longer perplexed. This is Confucius’s famous saying, and Shakyamuni likewise attained enlightenment at thirty-nine. A person generally must reach around forty to arrive at the state of no longer being perplexed; on this point, age is…

Goethe called the “seeing” in discussing art the ability to “enter, comprehend fully, and penetrate.” To comprehend fully is to be unbiased; to penetrate is to be without obstruction; to enter yet be able to exit is nearly to be free of the blindness that…

At my current age, I have only one conviction: to carry forward what has come before and lead this society forward. Whether in economics, the humanities, education, or religion, we middle-aged and young people in our prime must shoulder moral responsibility with strong shoulders and…

Every belief is a way of living. Different people choose different beliefs because their karmic conditions differ, which leads to a diversity of life choices. Some choose religion, others choose some ideology within secular life. As long as it does no harm to others and…