The purpose and meaning of living

There are many opinions about the purpose of living, which are roughly as follows: for food and drink, house, money, car, loved ones, travel, parents. Others say that it is for the sake of future, happiness, happiness, and contribution to society. Some people say: It is better to die than to live, to hang around with enough food, and to wait to die! Some even said they didn’t know why they were alive. Someone said it very well: "If you live to live, you are a walking zombie! If you live to eat, you are just an animal! If you live to live for your parents, you are a filial son! If you live to live for the weak, you are a strong person!" In fact, people with different intelligences have different differences. outlook on life and values. After many years of research on the meaning of life, we believe that living just for yourself or your family, for your house, money, car, wife, children, etc. is really too insignificant and not very meaningful. A truly wise person should maximize the meaning of life. If everyone lives for themselves, even if they are too selfish, the result will definitely be dangerous and unfortunate, with increased contradictions, conflicts, and dangers. If everyone believed in altruism, the results would be very different. It would be easy to be safe, calm, family harmonious, and social harmony. However, some people will say: "I am like a mud Buddha crossing the river - I can't protect myself, so how can I care about others?". What we mean is that when you are temporarily unable to be altruistic, take care of yourself first. Taking care of yourself is altruistic - not causing trouble to your family, others and society. If you take good care of yourself, then take care of your family, relatives and friends, these will take care of you and then take care of others, society and humanity. We believe that this is the greatest value and meaning of life. To be honest, for an individual, less money means more, and more means less. For society, on the contrary, less money means less, and more money means more. If an individual has too much money, it should benefit society. "Take it from the people and use it for the people." A female executive of the world-famous daily necessities company Procter & Gamble once said such a profound philosophical statement: "For an individual, I don't know what the use of so much money is."

Humans are not ordinary animals. They must not only feed themselves and benefit themselves, but also pay attention to others and society, do what is most meaningful to mankind, and do not harm nature, otherwise they will suffer retribution.

People should establish a correct outlook on life and values: morality, conscience, benevolence, fraternity, etc. The word "morality" is the essence of Chinese traditional culture and the excellent culture and soul of China. If people don't have conscience, they are really worse than animals. Animals are very kind to their own kind in most cases. The word "fraternity" comes from "respecting the saints, respecting the good, be kind and loving" in the "Infinite Life Sutra" that has been passed down to this day 1,700 years ago. Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty said: "Brotherhood is called benevolence, and acting appropriately is called righteousness." This means that having a heart of fraternity can be called benevolence, and acting with a heart of fraternity can be called righteousness! If we believe in positive energy such as fraternity, altruism, morality and kindness, and benefit ourselves, others and the people, mankind will be happier and more harmonious.

When we make friends, recruit, fall in love, cooperate, etc., we can always ask them about their values, which is of great significance. You can examine a person's current intelligence, values, taste and realm at that time. Depending on the person's answers you can consider your distance from them. However, people's intelligence, values, tastes and realms will change over time, so don't have unchanging prejudices.

Warren Buffett, the world-famous investor, donated 85% of his wealth, approximately US$37.5 billion, on June 25, 2006. This is the largest charitable donation in the history of the United States and the world. Buffett donated the vast majority of his donation, approximately US$30 billion, to the "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation" established by the world's richest man, Bill Gates, and his wife. Buffett's donations and Bill Gates' donations have accumulated to more than 60 billion US dollars. What does it mean that the smartest and richest people donate the most? Intelligence and realm are often directly proportional to each other.

Buffett is called "the most respectable man besides his father" by Americans. Every man should follow his example and strive to become a man like him. This is a great and real man.

The famous philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer inherited his father's property and donated all his property to charity after his death.

Correct belief: first make yourself healthy physically, mentally, mentally and morally, and then make more people healthy mentally, physically, intellectually and morally. Because this is the greatest value and meaning of life.