Văn học

The phrase - “just a thought” – sounds a little bit abstract and confused when it crosses our minds. The content in this book mainly mentions the “Self” – in other word, the “Ego” - so that it is easy to be understood by the person who has several basic concepts of Buddism, and the Buddhist who has been practicing in Dharma for a long time.

Có bao giờ em thấy lòng khắc khoải
Khi con người chưa hòa hợp với nhau
Và cuộc đời còn ray rức khổ đau
Khi ác pháp vẫn lan tràn gieo rắc

There is a French saying: “Vouloir c’est pouvoir” (meaning you’ll get what you want). However, according to the points of view from Buddhism, not everything we want would become reality because of karma, the law of Cause and Effect. It also depends on the amount of blessings we have accumulated from many past lives.

One of the special characteristics of human beings which other living creatures can never have is thirst for knowledge. We talk about UNKNOWN so that we can speak of KNOWING.

Most religions in the world endorse a fundamental belief in “being a good person and living a virtuous life.” However, upon deeper examination, Buddhism taught us faith based on wisdom and the governing law of karma.

There is a Vietnamese saying: “A frog sits at the bottom of the well”, which means he could only see the sky via the top of the well, hence, he always thinks that the sky is just as small. The frog likes water, and it comes and goes from one well to another. The only way he could get out of a well was for someone to take the water, when he could take the opportunity to clutch onto the bucket of water. Sometimes, though, he would think that he was trapped, so he jumped back to the well again.