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三个和尚

很久以前,小山上的庙里住着一个小和尚。每天早上,小和尚都要到山脚下的小河边去挑水,庙里的水缸总是满满的。  Long time ago, there lived a little monk in a temple on the top of a hill. Every morning, the little monk would go fetch water from the river at the foot of the hill. The water tank in the temple was always full. 很久以前:long time ago 以前:before, ago 曾经:once upon a time 挑:to […]

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How to Win Friends and Influence People

By Dale Carnegie — My reading notes Part One. Fundamental Techniques in Handling People Principle 1. Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.  If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.  Facts: 99 times out of a hundred, people don’t criticize themselves for anything, no matter how wrong it may be.  When dealing with […]

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Common Sense

Summary and full text Excepts: Thoughts I am convinced by every argument based on the principles of nature. We can see these natural principles clearly only by tracing back to the origin.  In Avatamsaka Sutra: “The very beginning mind itself is the most accomplished mind of true enlightenment” or “The very moment of raising beginner’s […]

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The Chumash – Genesis 26-30

26:1-12. A famine forces Isaac to Philistia. When Isaac became too successful, he aroused the jealousy of the masses and was forced to leave the country. 26:5. four categories of commandments, … my safeguards, my commandments, my decrees, my Torahs. … Just as an embryo grows from a seed that is implanted as conception, so […]

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The Chumash – Genesis 21-25

21. The birth of Isaac. If someone prays for mercy on behalf of another when he himself needs that very same thing, he is answered first. 21:3. In order to be truly strong, one must be able to laugh at the world and its seemingly insuperable obstacles. 21:10. any relationship with wicked people would have […]

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The Chumash – Genesis 16-20

16. Hagar and Ishmael 17: The covenant of circumcision; new names and a new destiny 17:5. All converts are considered descendants of Abraham because the Torah calls him the father of … nations, and therefore a convert can be called a son of Abraham. This means that the spiritual mission of mankind, which began with […]

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The Secret of the Golden Flower

occult and esoteric alchemical Richard Wilhelm disciple aficionado Astral Buddha Sakyamuni astute its hidden secret to meditation an out of body journeys. 第一章: 天心 (第三眼) Chapter 1: The Third Eye 1.1 吕祖曰:“自然曰道,道无名相,一性而已,一元神而已。According to Lu-zu, “dao” was not a tangible phenomenon. It had no name or appearance, just mere nature. Hence, Lu-zu continued stating that “Dao” […]

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Master Key System Chapter 6

The key points: A mechanism whereby you may create for yourself Health, Strength, Success, Prosperity or any other condition which you desire. … success is contingent upon the highest moral ideal, which is “The greatest good to the greatest number.”… we can come into harmonious relationship with the Universal, and when we have accomplished this […]

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