Virtue is "the Root of Health"
There are many great thinkers regarded cultivation of virtue as important as health preservation, even as the "the root of health" in our history.
Confucius pointed out that "virtue can invigorate one`s body", "virtue makes one live longer", "the benevolent lives longer", "cultivation of virtue is the cultivation of benevolence", etc. There are two meanings of living longer: one refers to people's real life; the other is "dead but not dead".
wedding dresses In other words, the actual life span of some people may not be very long, but their performance and the wisdom transmit very far. So it can be said they live longer than the ordinary people.
Lao Tzu advocates "to decrease selfishness and greed", that "the greatest evil is insatiability and the greatest mistake is to possess."
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Mencius proposed a positive health concept "love life rather than drifting-along living". He thought benevolent is higher above life. When it is necessary people should "sacrifice for justice."
Scientists of all ages have paid great attention to the health value of moral health.
wedding gowns People who were cultivating their own generosity, kindness, clemency, charity etc. will live longer because of high ability and integrity.
If we want to cultivate virtue, we should cultivate our will first and bring up our ambitions and noble aspirations.
If we want to cultivate virtue, we`d better have our own business.
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If we want to cultivate virtue, we should take kindness first and do not do bad and evil things.
That the distingue-virtue people can live longer theory has proved absolutely right by practices. Statistics show that about 90% of longevous people are sainted.