Spiritual Awakening: Everything Getting Better With Another Mentality

Spiritual Awakening: Everything Getting Better With Another Mentality

Xiaojuan is a waitress in a restaurant. Since the restaurant does a brisk trade and is full of guests, she is busy every day and she is often so tired that she has a sore back. Nevertheless, because she grew up in a peasant family, she is not afraid of hardship or fatigue.

Inspiration From Two Flower Baskets

Inspiration From Two Flower Baskets

   Xu Fan

There was a popular story in the time of Solomon, which goes like this: Once, King Solomon received two baskets of rare flowers from the envoy of a neighboring kingdom. These two baskets of flowers were extremely alike in their leaves and petals. The envoy said to King Solomon, “Your Majesty, of these two baskets of flowers, one is that of genuine flowers and the other artificial ones. Sire, your wisdom is famous all over the world, and all the people in my country admire you. Your Majesty, please differentiate for us the basket of genuine flowers from that of artificial ones, and the people in my country will surely celebrate your inexhaustible wisdom.”