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Why do we live?

As human beings, we have one thing in common: we search all our lives for lasting happiness. Why do we live? tells us that happiness can indeed be found. But it is not found in the place we ordinarily look, such as status, achievements, or family. This book, which has sold over one million copies...

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Have you ever bathed your parents?

That was the question asked by a company officer in Tokyo, Japan, to a young job applicant. That happened around thirty years ago. ‘No, never…’, answered the young man. ‘So, do that and come back tomorrow at the same time’, the officer said. ‘Yes, sir’, said the young man. The...

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Better than losing your temper is expressing gratitude

A man went to ask for advice for a Buddhist monk. ‘I was born angry’, he confessed. ‘They say being angry only makes things worse. And, actually, as I lose y temper, I feel terrible and I am sorry for hurting other people´s feeling, but then it is too late. What can I do to Read more

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If one of the had not been born, we would not have been born

It is necessary to be aware of the huge gratitude debt we owe our parents. If it was not for our father, we would not be born; if it was not for our mother, who would raise us? Among human feelings, nothing compares to maternal love. We owe this gratitude debt even before being born....

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Truthful solidarity and friendship

The remarkable Japanese mathematician Dairoku Kikuchi (1855-1917) was educated out of his country. As he studied in England, at the University of Cambridge, he was the first of his class – until the time when he had to spend a long period at hospital. The other students, bothered because a...

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As one does not consider the benefit of the next, one does not prosper

Many people think that the financial profit is the outcome of seizing opportunities, forgetting the others and thinking only about themselves. We see very wealthy people that live in luxurious homes, go to very expensive restaurants and live king lives, but, when we see their faces, the image...

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The difference between ‘believing’ and ‘knowing’

We believe in something when we doubt it. When there is no doubt, we say we ‘know’. A person that has experienced terrible burns shall never say: ‘I believe fire is hot’. He/she knows perfectly and has no doubt about it. Such certainty is not related to the effort to believe and not...

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Living the days of life

Everyone´s life is the time granted to him/her. In current standards, that can mean 80 years of age or more. How should we spend such a treasure? A person that works in a job or in his/her own business to raise a child or pay for trip overseas spends such hours out of total that Read more

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Why do we live?

Have you ever bathed your parents?

Better than losing your temper is expressing gratitude

If one of the had not been born, we would not have been born

Truthful solidarity and friendship

As one does not consider the benefit of the next, one does not prosper

The difference between ‘believing’ and ‘knowing’

Living the days of life