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Source: Jiangxi Daily

From date 65438+February 26th, 2008.

Author Lin Qingxuan

The writer is from China.

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One day, a Buddhist teacher spent half an hour telling his students about the horror of hell, and then asked the students, "Who wants to go to hell?" Hands up. "Sure enough, no one raised his hand.

Then he spent half an hour telling the students about the beauty of Elysium. He asked the students, "Who wants to go to Elysium? Raise your hand. "

Most children raised their hands, except one in the corner who didn't. He looks very serious.

The teacher woke him up and asked, "Why don't you want to go to hell or Elysium?"

The child said, "My mother said, don't go anywhere after school, just go home!" " "

It's not all a joke. Almost all religions emphasize the importance of the afterlife and tell us how terrible the sins of the past are, so many believers live in atonement for the past and place their hopes on the future, but ignore the present time.

In fact, the present time is the most real. If you want to go to hell or heaven, you should start from the front.