I have been keeping two similar blogs in Blogger and Wordpress.com. As this blog is not receiving much traffic, I have decided to close this blog and and maintain the Wordpress.com one instead. Else I feel that I am doing duplicate effort to maintain two sites with the same contents. 

 So if you are interested to read more of updates of my posts, please visit:

 https://simplelifeswisdom.wordpress.com

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I have been keeping two similar blogs in Blogger and Wordpress.com. As this blog is not receiving much traffic, I have decided to close this...

CLOSED BLOG. Visit https://simplelifeswisdom.wordpress.com
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I noticed that there are many quotes that I like found in Facebook. Since I joined a few of them related to minimalism and Buddhism, I thought that why not share them here as a short post if the quotes are suitable. You may also join the FB groups if you are interested. The FB group name are in '', before FB Quote in the header of each post. This will be the first of such post and more to come.
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[We live not to please others. Your every action is bound to have people who are displeased with what you do. Don't stress over it. As long as it is not against your conscious, do not care about others. You can only live your life once. - Dickson Idlier]

Buddhist Wisdom Quotes

I noticed that there are many quotes that I like found in Facebook. Since I joined a few of them related to minimalism and Buddhism, I thoug...

Buddhist Wisdom Quotes
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The Tao Te Ching, (simplified Chinese: 道德经; traditional Chinese: 道德經), is a Chinese classic text traditionally credited to the 6th-century BC sage Laozi. The Tao Te Ching is a short text of 81 brief chapters or verses. There is some evidence that the chapter divisions were later additions and that the original text was more fluidly organised and read. It has two parts: The Tao Ching (chaps. 1–37), and the Te Ching (chaps. 38–81), which may have been edited together into the text we know today. It is thought that this possibly reversed from an original ‘Te Tao Ching‘. The Tao Te Ching is written in classical Chinese, which can be difficult to understand completely, even for well-educated native speakers of modern Chinese. Furthermore, many of the words that the Tao Te Ching uses are deliberately vague and ambiguous and, since there are no punctuation marks in classical Chinese, it can be difficult to conclusively determine where one sentence ends and the next begins.Moving a full-stop a few words forward or back or inserting a comma can profoundly alter the meaning of many passages and such divisions and meanings must be determined by the translator.[The above is extracted from https://www.wuweiwisdom.com/introduction-to-the-tao-te-ching/. These are not my writings. As I am only trying to Tao Te Ching as a reference and my knowledge of it is very limited, I will use sources that I found from the Internet.]

 As I have been referring to Laozi's text in my post, I have decided to put the full text of Tao Te Ching in my post to allow readers to read if they are interested. I suspect English readers may wonder why the text was written in a sort of fragmentary elements. Also, without commentary and interpretation, it may seem meaningless or difficult to understand sometimes. This post is not to interpret or give my view on Tao Te Ching. It is just for English readers to have an idea what it is written, not to explain in detail what it is all about as I am not qualified on this matter.

 Below is the URL of this translation:
D.C. Lau translation of Tao Te Ching [What is in this post. Easier to read but may not have too much meaning.]
Bruce R. Linnell translation and explanation of Tao Te Ching [More complex read]
[Do note I am not saying that the above links are the best English translation of Tao Te Ching but to give you an idea what is written. Since these are freely available on the Internet, no harm reading some if you are interested. Here is the Chinese txt link(https://www.daodejing.org)]
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Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way) by Laozi (English Translation)

The Tao Te Ching, (simplified Chinese: 道德经; traditional Chinese: 道德經), is a Chinese classic text traditionally credited to the 6th-century...

Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way) by Laozi (English Translation)
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[Life gets more complicated with "add and add" mentality. So when you start to subtract things in your life, life actually becomes simpler. Lesser to manage and to be concern about. Once you embrace this mentality, you would slowly and surely be on the right path to a simple life. A term commonly used is "Less is More". - Dickson Idlier]

 Less is more
Definition: Simplicity is better than elaborate embellishment; Sometimes something simple is better than something advanced or complicated.

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[Life gets more complicated with "add and add" mentality. So when you start to subtract things in your life, life act...

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[Ego has made us eager for more, desire for more. However, it is a never satisfying desire. Only with our achieving inner peace, having a simple life and be contented with what you already have, would you truly be free.]

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[Ego has made us eager for more, desire for more. However, it is a never satisfying desire. Only with our achieving inner peac...

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My "What" to a simple life is "Change Your Mindset". What is the mindset(心态)? "Your mindset is your collection of thoughts and beliefs that shape your thought habits. And your thought habits affect how you think, what you feel, and what you do. Your mindset impacts how you make sense of the world, and how you make sense of you. "(Extracted from http://sourcesofinsight.com/what-is-mindset/)

 The above meaning is my opinion on mindset. 

Now you have a rough idea what is a mindset, why must you change it to have a simple life? With a correct mindset, you will be able to plan and make the correct decisions in your life to lead to a simple life that you desire. Most people's lives are too hectic. Always stressed, not enough time, too many desires but unable to achieve inner peace. By changing your mindset, it is like telling yourself you can change for the better, have lesser stress, earn less money, get rid of clutter in your home, enjoy more free time and newfound freedom. It is like a light at the end of the tunnel. What kind of mindset should you adopt? Anything that suits you of course. You also need to be flexible on attributes or beliefs when circumstances arise. You must accept that change is constant in this world. Do not cast anything to stone so you can tweak it along to way. 

 My simple life mindset is:
1. Survive with minimal resources
2. Declutter my life 
3. Freedom to do what I like
4. Achieve inner peace

My "What" To A Simple Life

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This is a YouTube video discussing on two ancient Chinese philosophers, LaoZi and ZhuangZi with Professor Yi Zhong Tian. 

 Below is the video from YouTube:

Yi Zhongtian 易中天 (born 8 February 1947) is a Chinese writer and historian. He is also a professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Xiamen University's School of Humanities. 

This show is under 百家讲坛--先秦诸子百家争鸣 series from CCTV.

Yi Zhong Tian: LaoZi and ZhuangZi (百家讲坛—先秦诸子百家争鸣)

This is a YouTube video discussing on two ancient Chinese philosophers, LaoZi and ZhuangZi with Professor Yi Zhong Tian.  Below is the vi...

Yi Zhong Tian: LaoZi and ZhuangZi (百家讲坛—先秦诸子百家争鸣)
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This post is from Youtube video discussing on gain and loss with Yu Dan with some quotes from Laozi and Confucious. Below is the video from youtube:

Speaker background:

 Yu Dan (Chinese: 于丹; pinyin: Yú Dān, born June 28, 1965) is professor of media studies at China's Beijing Normal University. She is also assistant to the Dean, Faculty of Arts & Media, as well as the Department Chair of the Film & Television Media Department. -- Extracted from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Dan_(academic))


Yu Dan: Gain and Loss wisdom (文明之旅)

This post is from Youtube video discussing on gain and loss with Yu Dan with some quotes from Laozi and Confucious. Below is the video from ...

Yu Dan: Gain and Loss wisdom (文明之旅)
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I stumped upon this person when searching for anime. I liked his illustrations of Asian classics. I found what he said is very meaningful. This is the first video that made me want to write this blog after I looked into the biography of this person.

This Youtube video is found below:
Picture from the video in the link below.

Speaker background:
Tsai Chih Chung (Chinese: 蔡志忠; pinyin: Cài Zhìzhōng; born 1948) is a famous cartoonist born in Huatan, Changhua County, Taiwan of Taiwanese origins.He is best known for his graphical works on Chinese philosophy and history, most notably the philosophers Laozi, Liezi, and Zhuangzi, which he made accessible and popularized through the use of plain language and visual aid of cartoon graphics.Many of his earlier four paneled works contain elements of political satire and those which are purely comical such as his well-known work, The Drunken Swordsman (大醉俠). -- Extracted from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Chih_Chung)

Tsai Chih Chung：Parents unique upbringing made me what I am【开讲啦】

I stumped upon this person when searching for anime. I liked his illustrations of Asian classics. I found what he said is very meaningful. T...

Tsai Chih Chung：Parents unique upbringing made me what I am【开讲啦】
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I am a simple guy. I like simple stuff. I also live simple life. 

I decided to note down interesting and helpful ideas, philosophy (especially ancient Chinese philosophers) and practical advises for those who wishes to have a simple life in this complex, busy and tiring world. 🌎
Another reason is I forget easily. So this blog makes it easier for me to refer when I need to refresh the information. 😝

Most of the sources are likely from YouTube videos in Mandarin (I will be translating them to English to the best of my abilities for English readers to understand these videos.) or books and any other sources that I can find. I do not own these sources and I am just keeping them as references for my personal use. What I hope to share in my blog is to allow a single location for the sources that I find useful to me. Don't hate me if you don't feel that way. 
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Do note that these posts are not meant to be short posts. If time permits, I try to keep it short, summarizing contents or just post a short one. Hope you enjoy your time reading my posts and gain insights, enrich your mind on how to have simple life. 

Why Simple Life Wisdom Blog

I am a simple guy. I like simple stuff. I also live simple life.  I decided to note down interesting and helpful ideas, philosophy (especia...

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