Tao Thay Shang Men - English

Every one is longing for living wealthy and rich, and being avoided from poverty, this is something natural.
According to me there are several kinds of richness; rich in wealth, rich in knowledge, rich in moral (inner self), so is the poverty that is poor in wealth, poor in knowledge, poor in moral.

In wealth matter, it can be gotten by diligently work, thrifty, diligently saving money, beside that, certainly it depends on someone’s own destiny.
However, wealth is not something that determines one’s happiness.
Someone who is wealthy is not definitely live happily.
It could be that he got many illnesses, his family is shattered, living in loneliness, having many enemies so that always worrying, feeling that life is empty.
When the condition is like that, what is the use of the wealth?

In knowledge matter, it can be obtained through a formal education or a non-formal one, which then this knowledge will support someone to reach success in one’s life. However, still many people who have a lot of knowledge are not success in their life, they always feel lack of something due to living in materialistic way, feel empty and confuse with their own purpose of life.

A human being should have a “rich inner self” (morality), so that with this “rich inner self” he/she is really able to go through his/her life happily.
They will not stick to the wealth and not emphasizing on the wealth matter, so even though their wealth is in average, they still could live in peacefully and happily.
A rich inner self causes someone to be able to accept the condition as what it is and not too forcing their own will, so that one could live in peacefully in society.
One who has high morality could use his/her knowledge for many people’s needs, and with his/her knowledge someone could serve more towards humanity.

Tao religion emphasizes their followers to increase their morality, trying to get knowledge as much as possible and live honestly, thrifty, and keen on the efforts. Through the understanding of the philosophy, also through a close observation towards the personal quality of the Tao followers, one should always trying to upgrade all the capabilities there are. The higher his/her level of Xiu Dao the higher someone’s morality.
So, only those who wholeheartedly Xiu Dao will get the 3 richness, which are rich in wealth, rich in knowledge, and the most important is rich in inner self (morality).