A Few Essays on Nepal

This time I specifically came to the birthplace of Buddha, the land of Siddhartha Gautama - Shakyamuni, to explore its profound meanings and seek the path to inner peace. After nearly a month of arduous travel and brief meditation in temples, I seem to have gained some enlightenment, inspired to write down the collisions of this moment!

Nepal is a magical country, filled with a sense of inner order amidst its outward chaos, revealing touching details within its ruggedness, tranquil and harmonious, with a rich inner life!

The Sherpas here are so pure, so awakened, so focused on the present, walking through this world without a doubt, truly a delightful sight to appreciate their lives!

I have been struggling in the investment industry for many years, dealing with stocks, derivatives, hotels, and cryptocurrencies, building very successful teams from scratch, yet often feeling powerless. I can mobilize resources and teams, but often cannot mobilize my own heart!

We are always seeking various answers and feedback, but life should not be about finding answers; it should be about living as the answer itself.

In this era filled with "success studies," we seem to have become accustomed to looking outward for standard answers. But Hesse's "Siddhartha" tells us: true wisdom is not learned from others, but grows from our own lives.

Throughout our lives, we are escaping the cages we have set for ourselves.

Siddhartha was born into nobility, the son of a Brahmin, but he chose to give up everything to become an ascetic. Why? Because he discovered that "identity" is not the answer, but a shackle.

Aren't we the same? From a young age, we are taught to be "good students," "good employees," "good parents." We strive to meet societal expectations, but rarely ask ourselves: "Is this the life I truly want?"

Siddhartha's departure was not a denial of the secular world, but a rejection of "standard answers." He tells us: true awakening is not about finding some ultimate truth, but about no longer relying on any ready-made answers.

Allowing oneself to "fall" is the true practice. Siddhartha later indulged in desires, wealth, and power, even becoming a gambler. This experience is often misunderstood as "losing oneself," but Hesse's deeper meaning is quite the opposite—true wisdom must be gained through experience.

We often think that practice is about "clearing the heart and desiring little," but Siddhartha tells us: "Avoiding desire is not as good as understanding desire." And Siddhartha's choice was: "I must first become a mortal to truly transcend mortality."

Time is a lie; true life exists only in the "moment."

Siddhartha ultimately realized by the river: "Time does not exist."

The vendors in Nepal are constantly embodying this philosophy; they understand the economics of time better than Wall Street traders—they can count three currencies with ten fingers while spending the entire afternoon watching the ripples in a copper bowl of yogurt. An old man selling thangkas told me, "The stock curve is Shiva's third eye; the faster it blinks, the easier the heart shatters into the sands of the Ganges."

We are always anxious about the future and regretful about the past, yet we rarely truly live in the present. Siddhartha's "river philosophy" tells us: life is like a river; you cannot grasp it, but you can immerse yourself in it. Those "past" pains and "future" anxieties are merely illusions. True freedom is to let every moment of yourself live fully.

So true awakening is not about "seeing through the mundane," but about "falling in love with the mundane." There are no standard answers in life; every moment you live is the answer. The meaning of life is not found, but lived out.

So boldly love, feel pain, make mistakes, and experience. Our lives are not in anyone's books, but beneath our own feet!

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