Kung Fu Panda (2008) - The True Secret Ingredient Scene 纔就筏便思舍筏 方是無事道人 若騎驢又復覓驢 終爲不了禪師 (後 71) If knowing that a raft eventually have to be thrown away while riding on a raft, then he is an enlightened person

The camellia flower(Left) blooms in early spring, when the cold has not yet gone. Like heads fallen from guillotine, creating a spectacular sight. The pale pink flowers of the Lagerstroemia indica(Right)

The flowers planted for the decoration of the street next to the ward office were interesting and cute and I searched for their name. It's called Cocks comb(Celosia cristata) which looks like fiery feather.

知成之必敗 則求成之心 不必太堅 知生之必死 則保生之道 不必過榮 (後 62) Knowing that what you have achieved will always be destroyed, you do not need to harden your heart to achieve it. Knowing that life must be followed by death, you

有一樂境界 就有一不樂的相對等 有一好光景 就有一不好的相乘除 只是尋常家飯素位風光 纔是個安樂的窩巢 (後 60) When there are pleasant situations, conversely are there painful situations too. There are scenes we like and off-course dislike one as to confront.

By Hermann Hesse Thinking together without changing the world, that is what is valuable. Hermann Hesse People try to change the world according to their will. And if it doesn't work, suffers. Is it necessary?

This year to me is a potato famine. Less than 30% of the average yield. As of today, farming in the first half of the year is over, and after the rainy season, autumn farming will start from the end of

I am very curious about how the street will change near future, but I am skeptical. The brutally cut ginkgo tree two weeks ago was not the last. Even the ginkgo tree I used to lean on while waiting for

熱鬧中著一冷眼 便省許多苦心事 冷落處存一熱心 便得許多眞趣味 (後 59) No matter how busy you are, once you take a look at it with a cold eye, you will soon be relieved of so many worries. Once you can keep your passion even in the most

Hermann Hesse, Magnolia, 1928 It is said that the blooming cycle of a magnolia that looks pure and white, a magical flower, and a magnificent and huge magnolia like the white pillar of the Atlas is about

人情世態倏忽萬端 不宜認得太眞 堯夫云 "昔日所云我而今却是伊 不知今日我 又屬後來誰" 人當作是觀 便可解却胸中罥矣 (後 57) Appreciations and the world's circumstances abruptly change in ten thousand ways so don't take it too much to be true. The wise

Nymphaea lotus, also called water lily, closes its buds at night and opens its petals in the daytime. That's why it's called 'sleeping lotus'. A friend of mine staying at the temple confirmed their ecology

自老視少可以消奔馳角逐之心 自瘁視榮可以絶紛華靡麗之念 (後 57) Looking at youth with old eyes will make the competitive and unstable in mind disappear. Imagining about the glory days passed after retirement will make the yearning

Do trees have a conscience? Are ginkgo trees timid and zelkova trees shameless? Or did the two of them compromise on each other? The trees has no words. So is life,

An imaginary person 世人只緣認得我字太眞 故多種種嗜好̖種種煩惱 前人云 "不復知有我 何知物爲貴?" 又云 "知身不是我 煩惱更何侵?" 眞破的之言也 (後 56) Worldly people only recognize 'I' as being too true, so there are many different tastes

[Caged Birds]( 花居盆內終乏生機 鳥入籠中便滅天趣 不若山間花鳥 錯集成文 翶翔自若自是悠然會心 (後 55) When a flower is in a pot, it finally loses its vitality. When a bird enters cage, it loses its natural beauty. It's not as good as flowers

This year, the world is said to be having a severe drought and even told that franchise chains of hamburgers have temporarily stopped selling potato fries due to the shortage of potatoe supplies. There

多藏者厚亡 故知富不如貧之無慮 高步者疾顚 故知貴不如賤之常安 (後 53) He who has much loses a lot. Therefore, being poor but having nothing to lose and worry about is better than being rich. A person who walks on high falls quickly.

欲其中者 波沸寒潭 山林不見其寂 處其中者 冷生酷暑 朝市不知其喧 (後 52) A person who is greedy in his heart makes even a cold pond boil and does not feel calm even in the deep mountains. A person with an empty heart is cool even in

Original Intuitive Geometry Time Art 髮落齒疎 任幻形之彫謝 鳥吟花笑 識自性之眞如 (後 51) Leave as it be. The loss of hair and the shaking of teeth, withering in vain. Rather realize the unchanging nature of truth in the song