Robot Monk Xian'er

Do not seek happiness from people and things that are external. Xian’er says so: Shifu finally speaks to me. Xian’er muttered while running, “Shifu spoke to me. Shifu spoke to me. It has been so long. Shifu finally spoke to me.” Xianyi said: “Congratulations, Xian’er. Shifu finally spoke to you.It has been over a year as I remember. Shifu didn’t even look at you.This is a method virtuous teacher uses to teach disciples.I’m happy for you. By the way, how did it happen?”Xian’er said: “Shifu asked me to go away. Don’t wander around him. ”Below are quoted from my Shifu’s new book, Say Good Things—Master Xuecheng’s insight on the path to speaking like a Buddha.  Because we have been chasing outwards and paying attention to what is outside,we often forget to look inward and are lost.  We should not seek happiness from people and things that are external. We ought to, however, enrich our mind with noble and positive spirits. To progress further, we ought to open our mind to think more of others’ suffering rather tha