NO MATTER HOW HARD IT GETS - Best Advice from Shaolin Monk
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Being someone who has a physical disability life is not always kind to me and sometimes I want to give up, then I snap out of it and keep going.
We go on because it's the only thing we can do. Moving forward always has with it the hope of a change for the better.
This is the nature of faith.
Pain can be a great motivator.
Same here. Not easy for me either
Never give up
@@elenairannezhad648 Being a Christian (the follower of Christ):
- calls upon the name of THE LORD: Psalms 145:18 ,
Psalms 55:16 ,
Isaiah 55:6
- coming to repentance,
Luke 5:32
- going through new birth (baptized by the SPIRIT and by the water), 1 Corinthians 12:13 , John 3:7
- coming out from Babylon (the city life), Revelation 18:4
- flees from fornication: 1 Corinthians 6:18 ,
1 Thessalonians 4:3
- analysing their own life and life in general, 2 Corinthians 13:5
- have their Inner mans eyes and ears open: Mark 8:18 , 2 Chronicles 7:15 , Matthew 13:16
- Judges - judges - judges, themselves and life in general in: John 7:24
- seeks out 1st the KINGDOM OF GOD: Matthew 6:33
- have no worries nor thoughts about what they shall eat or wear: Matthew 6:31 ,
Luke 12:22 ,
Matthew 6:25 ,
Luke 12:29
- is not a friend with the world, but exposes the wicked: Ephesians 5:11 , Psalms 26:5 , James 4:4
- goes through the persecution: Luke 6:22 , Matthew 5:44 ,John 15:18 , 1 John 3:13
- has outworldly peace: John 14:27
- fears not any man, but has the sobering fear of GOD in him: Matthew 10:28 , 1 John 4:18
- rightly dividing the word of truth: 2 Timothy 2:15
- is both, the believer of the word and the doer of it also:
James 1:23 ,
Matthew 7:21
- have no idols not graven images: Isaiah 42:17 , Micah 5:13 , Isaiah 42:8 ,
Deuteronomy 7:5 ,
Habakkuk 2:18
- worship GOD in SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH:
John 4:24
Its not life, its the human self. There are humans that will surely love u who u are
He who keeps on going even when life becomes difficult is a warrior 🎉
⚡🖤🔥💜 Haha totally me.
Absolutely correct
A warrior thrives on war and death - stupid is as stupid does 😬
@@theothertroll I agree. I have never liked the image of a "stoic warrior" or something stupid like that. Because a warrior is effectively fighting against something. When a warrior faces an obstacle they charge against it and tries to destroy it. Some people have been watchng too much anime.
When one should instead be like water. It's one of the softest materials in the world. But it can fit into any container, it can penetrate rock given enough time, it can flow through any crack and come out on the other side.
@@Xarfax321 You two have a very narrowminded view of the term warrior.
Sometimes people think being strong means being hard, unfeeling, and ruthless, but the Shaolin monks show us how to be strong, caring, and compassionate. Rather than using their strength to bring others down they use it to help others up and teach them to be strong.
Compassion and Wisdom.
Two of things that don't exist on social media.
Everytime I hear this Shaolin Monk speak, he espouses true wisdom. "Now that you have been through that hardness; now you can be the guide for others" - exactly.
Yes...and you can also learn to spend you're time in listening too others to and have compassion for them. Compassion is from wisdom. The emotional pain i once had for many decades has vanished one day and turned into wisdom. People tend to seek me out for the some reason and say things like " I'm very calm" at age 62 I have arrived at a great stage of life but only through the compassion of others got me here, now I pay this back when I can.
@@jerryconner4270 I have been through the same journey and agree.
What about the journey of no return? There are truly miserable lives out here. Diseased, deprived, depressed, leading to death? Where is the great lesson.
@@JB.zero.zero.1 The great lesson there is there is no great lesson.
@@JB.zero.zero.1 Just because you died does not mean your higher self did not learn a lesson. Once you are on the other side you know exactly what that lesson was. Wisdom is learning that lesson while you are still here.
In 14 months I have had to put my Mum in long term care for Alzheimers ,I was diagnosed with Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma during the height of the pandemic and had to have surgery to remove part of my right kidney. A follow up scan showed 2 more tumors that I just had removed in December. I had to move to a different city 1200 miles away, my sister in law died of septic shock, my Mother in law had a massive heart attack right in front of me. She is now 80 and lives with us now that her health is failing. During all of this I thanked God everyday. No , life is not always fair or just. I just do the best I can with what I have while I am on this earth and live each day being kind. It is very easy to say why me? What have I done? Will this ever end? Be happy and be kind ✌❤
I'm grateful that you're still a fellow traveler here on Earth. I hope tomorrow is kinder and easier on you than yesterday.
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Don't give up❤
Based outlook. My mom passed away a few months ago. I miss her so much but how can I not be equally grateful to have come from her and be raised by her? I'm also broke as a joke right now but how can I not be equally grateful I'm not as broke as some people in my life. How dare I waste time feeling sorry for myself? It's selfish to dwell incessantly like that. My mom said to me before she passed, "can you not cry? It doesn't help". She smiled to her death. Told me how handsome and big I've become. She smiled on her last day even in pain. I better smile too.
Such a beautiful comment BlackPillMV 🙏
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Really going through rough times. Times have always been rough for me. Hope this phase will toughen me up for future rough times.
I had asked Master Yi in another format, how he would handle it if he were to lose his vision… I asked this because this is a possibility in my life, and I have dealt with it for 20 years, never knowing if I will be able to see tomorrow. I handle this now by cherishing everything I see and taking nothing for granted. Every full moon, no matter what the weather or where I am I make sure to go out and look at it and thank the universe that I can see it. This interview was very good For me as an answer from the master, because it is very easy to lose compassion when you are going through something hard. Thank you for this video and thank you for sharing it with us.
Able bodied ppl always ask the questions to the negative or scarcity, you don't see that you have everything in front of you to make your life infinity better, but you live in the past and dread the future..the smartest animals on the planet, yet we don't know it
It is within compassion and service that we find ourselves and find firm footing, no matter our circumstances. Every has some silent burden or fear they carry, it is a part of our human condition. Selfless service without care or regard for reward and compassion without expectation. That can, at times, be particularly hard for me, but I keep trying. We all want the person we have compassion for to find themselves and their footing, but I forget, easily, that outcomes are none of my business. "I demand you get better"... has never worked for me and only tied my innards in knots.
Feeling ‘grateful’ while in difficult situations … can be a great healing energy. We hope for the best in our lives, but we will also feel fear, sorrow, loss + pain etc. People’s fear + avoidance in talking/thinking about the death of one’s self, the ending of our life, I think has contributed to a false sense that “we can have it all-all the time”. It becomes our expectation to only be successful. We feel entitled. But life is about balance. It’s about vulnerability. It’s humbling. We are vulnerable souls wandering around out there. In our lifetime, be what it may, we will have good + bad experiences. We need to acknowledge this. We should not deny it. That ‘is’ the circle of life. With this, feeling grateful demonstrates our vulnerability + our learned wisdom + compassion for each other.
@@kentondragon9263 spot on
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"A pessimists see difficulty in every opportunity, an Optimist sees Opportunity in every difficulty"
well, as a existencialist I see everything is a losing path but there are somethings worth losing. We should choose the worth losing paths
never been more true than the last two and a half years. when covid hit i embraced it as a challenge. when my gym closed i created a mini-gym at home so i can stay physically active during lockdowns. you'll see a lot of negative people online, blaming others for their perceived injustices during lockdown, and catastrophising about the future.
glass-half-empty people who spent all that free time becoming more unhappy and frustrated online, but doing nothing to look after their own physical and mental health.
Liked it, life source ebbs and flows
That actually reminds me of two ideas. One is from stoicism, and probably Epictitus, yet maybe Aurelius.
"The obstacle is the path".
The other idea is from Hinduism, and regards the "god" named Ganesha.
Ganesha is often depicted as some variation of an elephant. Ganesha is also often the unofficial patron saint of artistic endeavors.
The main theme of Ganesha though is something like: "the mover AND placer of obstacles".
I am not sure if I have grand wisdom to share, yet there is something interesting about the concept of what obstacles are, and how we approach an impasse in any scenario.
Remove a dam? You may flood a valley.
Place a dam, you may create electricity and arable land.
The inverse can be true as well.
Place a dam, and cause a drought.
Remove a dam and increase the amount of arable land.
Something like that maybe.
And a pragmatist sees both?
Love to listen to this guy. Really smart. We should have teachers like that in every school!!!
“Only those who risk going too far,… can possibly know how far one can go” ~ T.S. Elliot 🖊️
I love the sound of his voice. Very soothing and wise.
Good advice, providing that all your friends and loved ones haven't already abandoned you in your own hardship.
i've always pride myself a warrior in never giving up my entire life no matter what happened, until something really unbearable happened in 2020 which shook me down to the core and broke me. been struggling to get back up ever since and wondering what happened to the old me.
I feel for you man, similar situation. I don’t think we ever were warriors. The old you never existed. A warrior implies struggle, fear, death. Now we are in a war with ourselves. Every day we go out onto the battlefield of our lives, we are a warrior. Courage and fear.
I was once upon a time a fighter..... the last 2yrs have been *ROUGH* the courts believed my ex gf's lies and she took my son and left the state. My grandma and sister died.
And, just yesterday at work I had a accident which may cost me my job. The thoughts of taking my own existence has started to come back as I attempted at age 11 and age 28.
I'm now 40.... I dont know how much more I can take.
@@realericanderson yes, life does seem like a war with ourselves
@@NAT-turners-Revenge you cannot give up, brother. As they say, this too shall pass. I know you are hurting, but you are going to emerge stronger from this, I truly hope things will turn around for you soon.
Confidence, the food of the wise man but the liquor of the fool.
Humble yourself, no body should be the old version of themselves. By definition you are regressing.
As the video says, you take this obstacle as part of your journey to grow from and be a guide for someone else.
I have been listening to Master Shi Heng Yi for a while now when I go walking. This is one of the few times I have watched and listened and I can't express how much joy it added to see that dog beside him. Fantastic.
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Arf!
I work in wills and estates, dealt with a lot of death. The thing that made it bearable was (I think a quote from the king in gladiator, I know…) everyone has a certain time on this earth and that’s it, people die. It made me realize that that’s what happens and helped me deal with it better. Even the kids. Of course sad but that’s just life, sometimes it’s really hard but everyone deals with it. We’re all in the same boat. ❤️
Not just compassion and wisdom are important but also perspective.
“Every challenge belongs to YOUR journey”………..well said amigo !
The young innocent takes the first step into the world wirhout knowing much about where the path is.
He spends the rest of his life correcting things he has stumbled on. The path defines him.
I'm a buddhist myself but I label myself a lazy Buddhist, there is much more I have too learn. Anyway..I love how he talks on a human level and keeps it clear and qualifies his statements. What he said is so true. Recently, myself I won $250 u.s. dollars on the Florida scratch off tickets. I gave that profit to my 80 year old new female friend at Christmas to ease her financial situation a bit. Its a blessing to give and share what you have with others. Besides..God told me too put it in her Christmas card. (Who is God? The voice in my ❤ heart...thats where I find him).
Where I come from, we have a saying that roughly translates to "When you do good, don't forget to brag about it" 👍
@@julianmahler2388 hes not bragging, he's sharing how his relationship with God is stronger with feeling the heart's pull to help others. Most people are completely selfcentred so if it spurs a person on to be kind to another, it's a good thing.
Carry on being a kind, thoughtful human being😊💝 I've been helped financially like that once and it stopped me committing suicide - that someone cared enough to help me without gain for themselves other than the joy of giving. I wish you a great year🌿💚
I pray you turn from buddha to Jesus Christ. He laid down His life for our sins because of His love for us, and God raised Jesus from the dead 3 days later for our justification. We can be justified through faith in Jesus Christ, washed in His blood that takes away our sins, and live a new life in Jesus Christ as Holy and forgiven and righteous in the eyes of God. Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to heaven, there is no other way. I pray you put your faith in Jesus Christ and give your life to Him. You can be justified through the Blood and Death of Jesus on the cross, He is our sacrifice for our sins and can wipe away all your sins! Even more He can save you from the wrath of God! Righteousness comes no other way but through Jesus Christ and Him crucified, buried, and resurrected. He was crucified for our sins we have been freed from sin and from death through Jesus Christ and He is alive and risen so we too can live a life in Christ as Children of God! Rejoice in the LORD Jesus Christ and give your life to this amazing Savior who is Christ the LORD ❤️
@@likenl4508 and he may as well pray to Buddha that you become enlightened and turn from Jesus. It is incumbent on all of us, as humans, to find our own meaning of the good life and take comfort, wherever that is - in a religion (of whatever complexion) or a broader humanist philosophy. May I suggest you demonstrate a little more of the humility that is a such a central pillar of Christian doctrine, and not assume that your particular answer to this is incontrovertibly the only correct one?
This man has a beautiful spirit.
Damn, this guys advice is tops. A very good perspective
A monk who loves dogs!!!! Simply for this, Master, I love you.
Such a wonderful question and response - compassion & wisdom
when things gets hard you eventually lose love and remorse for everyone and you find peace in your isolation forever
Thank you for the encouragement 🙏🏾 I still need it on this journey my Brother 🙏🏾
The obstacle is the greatest teacher.
The advice given here is good based on how to best react to circumstances in life. Where do we get our purpose and destiny from? Is the universe sentient? If not, how or why would the universe care about how we react to circumstances here on earth?
My life has become somewhat harder after I had suffered from a psychotic episode. Tying a shoelace was back then a kind of challenge, everyday mundane things were hard to pass but I have learned to overcome it. The experience let me understand and show compassion to the similarly affected. I believe there's a reason for my illness and I am willing to do my best in the upcoming time. Compassion & wisdom, I will remember it, God-willing.
Keep going, you're doing great!
@@mak_attakks Thank you! It's going the right direction, inshallah
@@nestcanz Inshallah :)
Every morning as soon as I wake up I recite this piece of advice from Lama Yeshe of Samye Ling Tibetan Monastery - "I am very fortunate, I have everything I need: a precious human life, enough clothing food and shelter, and the teachings of the Buddha."
Strive to embody Compassion and Wisdom.
Buddhist wisdom at it's essence!
Thank you for the words, Sensei.
This is beautiful. Thank you.
Vielen herzlichen Dank!🙏✨ Now I am watching the interview the second time. Yes, everyone should aim to be an example for the others!
It can be really hard to 'be an example', especially a good example - flawed as we are, individual as we are.
But having had a difficult journey, you can help others see the rocks & show them a path.
Wow!!! A profound message explained in such simple terms!! Thank you Guruji
The one who keeps on going even if the biggest challenge forces them to their knees; they are not a warrior, they are not a mage, they are not an angel and not a god. but they are a scholar. a student of life that is passing its tests with the most brilliant and exemplary results a human being can achieve.
This has made me look at a very challenging aspect of my life in a whole new way, thankyou. It is about learning.
Beautiful, thank you!
Love this guy. Makes total sense and is a form of wisdom.
I really appreciated what he said about hardships on your path being distilled (my word choice) into guidance for others. This deeply resonates with my current trajectory. Thank you for creating this video!
Love these interviews
Personally, I m sick of being tested. It s overwhelming. My hurdles seen to get bigger with each jump. I m trying to observe this mindset.
Pick one thing. Then divided into other things - a list. Put them in order. Do one at a time. No rush.
there is rush if you are not done in time you will be in big trouble
I agree with your post I also do like the word being tested I'm really wondering that the issue might not be if we're being tested learn how to become functional humans
And there's no path one day at a time we can do anything just not alone
Magnification of negativity will lead to a negative perspective. You have to go into a positive perspective in order to find a solution. The answer will always be solving the problem. Positive perspective = solution based thinking.
The actor Jonah Hill has a mini documentary on his therapist and some mental tools brought to light. One of which he calls the grateful flow. When you think about things you are thankful for repeatedly it builds momentum that takes negativity more to overcome. In this state of momentum is when you can think more clearly about what needs to be done and do it.
This is the foundation of how society progresses. Someone takes on the challenge of figuring out how something happens. They figure it out at great personal expense. Rather than hording the knowledge, they share it in the hopes that someone else can use it as their starting point. And then that next person creates something new, and if we are lucky, they also choose to share it so that the cycle can continue.
Beautiful words of this great Master. Amituofo!
One of many lessons I've come to learn in life, is that when life gets hard. I mean REAL HARD. Never ever forget that I shall consider myself worthy. Why! Because we're it easy, what would it be worth. Anyone would be able to do it. Also there is no hard or easy, it just is. And what it is, is called LIFE!
thank you for a great upload.
Sviatoslav Richter once had to give a concert in the US and he was taken to a piano shop and given a choice of a dozen pianos of which he picked one. He played very badly and afterwards he said he thought that choosing the piano had been the problem. He said "one should accept a piano, like fate".
*Such great motivational video. I can learn a lot of things after watching this. Thank you for sharing!*
This is golden wisdom. Thank you.
Well spoken my friend. I understand. Thank you.
Keep the fire burning.... god bless you...
Thank you 🙏🏻 I needed that today.
love your work
Thank you so much for your wisdom.
I love the dog laying on his bed!
Compassion and wisdom ♥️.
Lovely stuff. Thanks.
💕 💕 💕 💕 💝 💕 💕 💕 💕
Thanks 🙏 for sharing this video with us
Excellent presentation 🙏
Love this
A built in leader
It is what it is. Denying reality doesn't change it. We must never let delusion become reality.
Wisdom isn't unique to Himalayan religious monks although much can be found with them. Wisdom is everywhere, hiding in the cracks between the stones of what we call our lives.
I know that in my life pain has been and continues to be a great teacher. It's not the teacher we prefer to have but, it is one of the most valuable ones that we encounter. Pray that you learn your lessons well so that you can move beyond suffering on into enlightenment.
There are two kinds of people in life, those who kick down at the hands of others below them on the ladder of life and those who reach down and lend an open hand to others who happen to be below them.
Try to be in the second group.
❤️❤️❤️ / loved it..
compassion and wisdom
This man knows perseverance in the face of insurmountable odds. He's got a white couch and a black German Shepherd! 😆
Imagine to have a Friend like him.
I understand him so well.
Thank You ⬅️
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Wow, this is so cool. I never thought of this like that, but it is true. This helps find sense even in suffering.
VERY GOOD VIDEO!
Very true and understandable
Look at how content Master Shi Heng Yi's dog pal next to him on the couch is! That dog must soak up serious wisdom!
"it belongs to your journey" --- love that.
Thank you mate.
Good one thanks
_Best Speech You Need To Know_
When pressure is mounting from every angle, it can be tough to keep believing in yourself. Whether you’ve had a recent knockdown or are getting started in a new endeavor, Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Believe you deserve it and believe it’s possible for you because *the greatest achievement begins from deep inside you *(YOUR MIND)*
*I LOVE YOU*
I love you too, friend ♥
I love you bouth ♥♥
@@paxvostrum4824 I love you too, friend ♥
True self love is to love others first. In this video I learned that helping others is helping you because we are all one. It gives me joy to see others happy and healthy my true purpose is too add on to the betterment of mankind.
It's a lofty purpose,to help others. But there's always that thing of you can't help others until you have helped/worked on yourself first.
There's that thing if "Healer, hel thyself".
Good luck
This lowers my blood pressure real good
Strong!
That dog 🐕 is in Zen mode 🧘♀️… lol 😂
'I'll face it with a grin, I'm never givin' in.' I always thought the sentiment expressed in this lyric from Queen's 'The Show Must Go On' said it best.
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I love it when people who have no actual problems talk about overcoming problems
this shaolin monk probably had a guide himself so good for him to say
Nice. I really enjoyed this. I don’t know if it’s an innate nature I have or just acquired wisdom over time but somehow I feel that I can relate to this sorr of philosophical understanding and wisdom. Like it is something that has been calling for me but I had yet to understand it.
This really is not only wise but powerful in helping to shape your fate and cultivate your livelihood for whatever betterment you wish for it to aim towards. A very great video to learn from
That was perfectly said. 🙂
2:55 this quote summarizes my philosophy in my work life.
TRUTH!!!🙏🙏🙏
I love you master
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so!
0:25 Called the middle path/way. Accept good or bad equally as its your karma that got you into that position.
I would add Courage to compassion & wisdom.
There is a fourth. But I cannot remember it now.
Temperance. And change Compassion to Justice. Not Justice with a modifier... Just Justice.
Very similar to the traditional astrology teachings. ❤ all these things fit together 😊
I love it it's Love in livery poetry
I really dont understand why i learn so much thing about life from this guy😢
The doggo distracted me hahaha
All of my struggles just came to light.....as I was just feeling like giving up I know now I must not but to better myself to help others.
Use great ideas to build yourself into a man of strength and character, a man of your word, skilful and with a purpose that serves the ones around you as well.
If you enjoy ideas about masculinity and mastery, I invite you to explore the videos I share on the Mastery Order Channel.
Challenge yourself with some concepts about manhood, explore your masculine potential to the maximum and become the kind of man you would admire.
We can only better ourselves together, as men among men, so I invite you to use what I share and, of course, share your own opinions so that others can benefit from them as well.
Looking forward to your points of view.
All the best to you!
Suffering comes from the pain we do not accept
Compassion + Wisdom
Spot on
Use great ideas to build yourself into a man of strength and character, a man of your word, skilful and with a purpose that serves the ones around you as well.
If you enjoy ideas about masculinity and mastery, I invite you to explore the videos I share on the Mastery Order Channel.
Challenge yourself with some concepts about manhood, explore your masculine potential to the maximum and become the kind of man you would admire.
We can only better ourselves together, as men among men, so I invite you to use what I share and, of course, share your own opinions so that others can benefit from them as well.
Looking forward to your points of view.
All the best to you!
Buddhism's early understanding of the human mind and its emphasis on mental discipline and mindfulness are seen as remarkably modern and relevant, which often garners attention. The way Buddhism intersects with contemporary psychology and mental health practices is particularly noted.
Buddhism's teachings, while simple in their presentation, delve into profound truths about human existence, suffering, and the path to enlightenment. This paradox of simplicity and depth often captures the public's attention.