Block A-2
Never Kill
The above image is from https://www.pexels.com/zh-cn/photo/2010503/. I have seen an extraordinarily tragic death; it deeply shocked me. I do not want to see any living creature hurt, no matter how small it is. It was during a hunt for antelope. The antelope, also known as the green sheep, looks like a domestic goat and is …
“Nothing” Gained
Someone once asked the Buddha: “What have you obtained through all of your years of practicing mindfulness?” Buddha replied: “I have not obtained anything.” The person said: “Then why do you still practice it?” Buddha smiled and continued: “However, I can tell you what I have lost: I lost anger, worry, pessimism, and depression. I …
Love in a Dollar
The image is from https://www.pleacher.com/mp/puzzles/tricks/mobmony2.html. Jim worked in a scenic area. When he went to work every day, his elderly neighbor Jack would hand him a $5 bill and ask him to buy him a $4 coffee from the coffee shop in the scenic area. This exchange had been going on for several years. In …
Tolerance Leads to Greatness
J.K. Rowling In the small town of Edinburgh, Scotland, there was a business called Nicholson’s Cafe, which was not well known to anyone besides the locals in the 1990s. Although Europeans enjoy drinking coffee, Austrian writer Stefan Zweig’s saying highlights the difficulty of the situation: “I am not in a cafe but on the way …
