Thirdly, what is killing the sentient things? People always have a misunderstanding that monks and nuns believing Buddhism are vegetarians. Before reading the book, I have the same view. However, the reality is that they eat the same food as us, such as pork, chicken and milk. If they really follow the rule of not killing any living creatures, then they may die because as he takes one step, some small ants right blew his shoes may lose their lives. Then he should never leave the house and eat nothing. But that’s also unacceptable since he is torturing himself. Buddhism believes human are sentient things.
Fourthly, let us discuss three popular terms used in Buddhism, karma, dukka and impermanence. Karma is that good action may bring happiness while bad one leads to suffering. Buddhism believes reincarnation and holds that the karma of this life is the result of former one and is important in deciding next life. We Chinese people are deeply influenced by this idea. In addition, dukka is our pain and suffering, perhaps caused by the karma of our previous life or attachment in this life. What’s more, as far as I’m concerned, impermanence is a rather object outlook. Buddhism argues that people may die at any time and we should always be prepared to that. Some people may find it pessimistic, while from another perspective, I think it warns us to value our life and really enjoy the present since we cannot know when it’s time to go. Also this impermanence view frees us from obsession with unimportant things so that we can really devote our time and energy into those meaningful ones since life is so unpredictable.
Fifthly, there is no contradiction between making money and being Buddhists according to the book. Buddhism does not insist that its believers must be poor. Instead it stresses more on no attachment to money. It’s good that people can make money because they may be capable of helping others and exert more positive influence on the world. However, Buddhism does not encourage people to worship and cling to money. It is easy to think of many examples to support this view. For instance, there are so many people around us who are rich but unhappy, only because they have become the slaves of money but hardly remember what it should be used for.
To conclude, with various distractions in today’s society, it is hard for us find a pure land. Buddhism teaches me that we should always seek truth from inside instead of outside. We may not achieve enlightenment, but through meditation or sitting we may clear our mind and finds out what is important. Also doing good things is no wrong, both for ourselves and others since we are the same. What’s more, we cannot afford to waste our life because next second may be our time. Finally, money is good while clinging to it may ruin our life.
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