Principle

A gentleman yielding to a villain validates principle; a good person yielding to a bad person validates character

🔄🤝📜 A gentleman yielding to a villain validates principle; a good person yielding to a bad person validates character. // 君子让小人,让的是理;好人让坏人,让的是品。 Jūnzǐ ràng xiǎo rén, ràng de shì lǐ; hǎorén ràng huàirén, ràng de shì pǐn. // Quân tử nhượng tiểu nhân, nhượng đích thị lý; hảo nhân nhượng phôi nhân, nhượng đích thị phẩm. … Read more

Release Attachments

Suffering is not suffering, joy is not joy

🖇🧘‍♂️💭 Suffering is not suffering, joy is not joy; it’s just a temporary obsession. Clinging to one thought leads to entanglement; letting go of one thought brings ease to the heart. Things follow the mind’s turn, circumstances are created by the mind, and troubles all arise from the mind. // 苦非苦,乐非乐,只是一时的执念而已。执于一念,将受困于一念;一念放下,会自在于心间。物随心转,境由心造,烦恼皆由心生。 ​ ​​​ Kǔ fēi … Read more

Greater Hermit

While the lesser hermit lives in seclusion in the country, the greater hermit does so in the city

🏙️🧘🌳 While the lesser hermit lives in seclusion in the country, the greater hermit does so in the city. // 大隐隐于市,小隐隐于野。 Dà yǐnyǐn yú shì, xiǎo yǐnyǐn yú yě. // Đại ẩn ẩn vu thị, tiểu ẩn ẩn vu dã. // Ẩn sĩ lớn ẩn dật trong thành phố, ẩn sĩ nhỏ lánh đời nơi … Read more