Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Whetstones For Advancing Our Virtue


Our ears forever hear things distasteful to them.
Our mind is forever filled with events contrary to our desires.
        But such situations are exactly the whetstones for advancing
            our virtue, for putting our discipline into practice.
If we always heard words pleasing to our ears,
        Living this life would be just like being buried alive in poison.

                                                                                ---Hung Ying-ming---

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