What is karma? And how does life compensate us for either good or bad karma? As long as there has been a debate about whether it is worthwhile to follow ethical principles, there has also been a debate about whether good people are rewarded for their good karma. We may ask ourselves why it seems ...
Great people are usually judged by their good character and having good character means that you have such admirable traits as honesty, responsibility, and courage. It is beneficial for you to have good character. Being honorable and honest in the work you do and in your relations with others are essential in your life. The general ...
It is said that good fortune and longevity come to those who have a heart of great forbearance and compassion. So just how was a bandit able to attain these things? Here is his story. During the Qing Dynasty, there was an elderly man named Ma who lived in Jining Prefecture (now known as Jining ...
It is said that a person is rich and prosperous for a reason. Accumulation of virtue, in this life or from previous lives, can be exchanged into wealth and prosperity. This is a true story from the Qing Dynasty of immediate reward for having virtue and doing a good deed. In the Shunzhi era, an elderly ...
If we abandon our evil thoughts, we will be rewarded. If we don’t abandon such thoughts, we will suffer retribution. A woman made pancakes every day. She always made one extra, which she left by the window so that hungry passers-by could take it if they needed to. Whenever the woman put the pancakes on ...
Unexpected acts of kindness can deeply affect those around us. Here are two classic stories about people who were touched by the kindness of others. A child’s heart of kindness A single woman moved into a new apartment. She found that her next-door neighbors were a poor family — a widow bringing up her two ...
There was a young man with little money who had to give up his school education to take care of his frail and sick parents. On his way home, he found a coin on the ground. He heard the gardeners say they were thirsty, so he bought some water with that coin for them to ...
There are many things in this world you might find yourself disappointed in. It might be the way people treat each other, how they deal with the environment, act selfishly without concern for others, and so on. Living in such a world, you might end up thinking that there is nothing you can do to ...
Guo Yuanzhen, born in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), was easy-going and generous. At the age of 16, he entered the Imperial Academy to study and his parents sent him 400,000 yuan for tuition money and living costs. Guo’s tuition fees One day, a person dressed in mourning clothes unexpectedly knocked at the door. He told ...
Receiving rewards for good deeds is not always obvious. A long, long time ago in a village in China, a wealthy man had a young handyman working in his house. This young handyman was kind, hardworking, liked to help others, and had almost no bad habits. He started working for the wealthy man at a ...
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