UPEKKHA

25 April 2012, Wednesday

I was telling Zhen about the Four Sublime States of Buddhsim.  I was explaining to her what "upekkha" (equanimity) means.  I told her that equanimity means everyone is the same, everybody in this world is the same.

About an hour later... Min was telling Zhen that her friend could draw much nicer than her.  To assure Min, that her drawing are as lovely, I said, "It's ok darling, everyone is not the same."

Zhen: Mi, just now you said everyone is the same?? 

NOTE:

The Four Sublime States, which Lord Buddha singles out as the four mental qualities important for cultivation are:

(1) Metta: caring, loving kindness;

(2) Karuna: compassion or mercy;

(3) Mudita: sympathetic joy, being happy for others, without a trace of envy; and

(4) Uppekha: equanimity or levelness, the ability to accept others as they are.

HELPING OUT

12th March 2011, Saturday 

 

Zhen washed her school shoes for the very first time a week ago.  And when she was washing her school shoes this week... 







she said to me...
"Mummy, you know my shoes are not so dirty this week... you know why?  Because I didn't dirty it..."

HELPING OUT

26th February 2011, Saturday morning

Zhen helped with some housework,

washed and put shoe whitener to her school shoes...

while Min did her 'homework'.

TEAMWORK

3rd December 2010, Friday afternoon 

Zhen & Min saw some ants carrying a dead fly, on the floor...

DO NOT LITTER

13th February 2009, Saturday Night

It was CNY's eve and my family went out for dinner.

While waiting for my husband to get the car after dinner, the maid happened to throw a piece of tissue paper into the drain...  Zhen called out to her, "Hei, tak boleh buang sampah!"

EXCUSE ME

25th July 2009, Saturday Bedtime 
I was reading to Zhen on a book about manners, Excuse Me, and recalled this…

 
I was driving one day, 2 years back, when Zhen just started nursery. The car in front of me, from the next lane, cut into my lane out of a sudden. When I pressed the horn, Zhen asked me why did I do that?

Me: "That car has no manners, didn't put on the signal before turning" 

Zhen: "Mummy, that car didn't say Excuse Me ?"