Super Short Story (66): Tension Having seen many heartbreak movies with the similar theme, he still doesn’t understand why precious friendship has to be tense or easily torn apart due to inability to be just good friends. Why let sexual tension spoil what could remain noble? Why must...

Sam & Sara #370 Sara: There is never any need to be heartbroken over those who break your heart. Sam: Huh? Why is this so? Sara: It is not as if they were really ‘heartful’. If they were, they wouldn’t do that. Sam: Hmmm… Sara: Even if they were once sincere,...

The worldly see lust for one to be a factor of True Love for that one. The spiritual see lust for no one to be a factor of True Love for...

How do you love truly, when the essence of that loved, is a certain look and expression? How do you love truly, when the essence of that loved is fleeting in nature? How do you love truly, when the essence of that loved is fickle, when the essence of that loving flickers too? How do you love...

One’s love might not be perfectly true right now, but one’s love can be more and more true, starting from now.

If your love was true, how can you be heartbroken beyond salvation? If your love was true, how can it be shattered beyond repair?

If your heart has not broken, your love is not true yet, because you have yet to love deeply. If your heart can be broken, your love is not true yet, because you have yet to love selflessly. -...

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Do you really love who another is, or do you really love who you imagine that person is? Do you really love that person, or do you really love that person’s love for you? Do you really love, or do you really love being in...

True love is so wonderful, that it brings joy, that it relieves suffering. True love is so wonderful, that if it brings suffering instead [to the loving or beloved ones], that means the love is not really true...

If one loves another truly, one would truly not suffer at all, as true love is completely unconcerned with self-suffering, as true love is completely concerned with self-sacrificing. If we all love one another truly, we would truly not suffer at...

We imagine we would perfectly love someone perfect to us, but if someone truly perfect like the Buddha is before us, can we imagine loving the Buddha the same way? If we cannot, it means we don’t really love the perfect, and/or the way we love is imperfect. We imagine we would love...

Love is a strange word, because we define it in contradicting ways, because the love you say is not always the love I think, because the love I say is not always the love you think. Love is a strange word, because we use it in contradicting ways, because we often say we love when we...

Read the two below stories online… Following them are my comments… What is Love?  One day, Plato asked his teacher, “What is love? How can I find it?” His teacher answered, “There is a vast wheat field in front. Walk forward without turning back, and pick...

Question: Let me ask u a very chim (deep) qn. Do u know why do 2 emotionally stable, secure & complete people still want to get into a relationship? Answer: Actually it’s a very simple question – These 2 people, like so many of us, still seek more emotional fulfillment,...

Open-hearted communication is the lifeblood of any relationship. Without the Buddha’s communication of the Dharma to the Sangha, of the Sangha to us, we would have no spiritual relationship with the Triple Gem, and no spiritual friends...

A poignant song from Sarah Blasko, with some comments to share… All I Want Lyrics: I don’t want another lover So don’t keep holding out your hands There’s no room beside me I’m not looking for romance Say I’ll be here, I’ll be here But there’s...

Q: Is helping my enemies the right thing to do? A: It is right, provided that it doesn’t harm anyone, and if it helps the ones helpers and the helped to increase in compassion and wisdom – directly or indirectly. Helping your ‘enemies’ might be the only way to make them no...

(Thank you, Scorpio East, for the premiere tickets!) Though ‘Aftershock’ retells the terrible tragedy of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which killed 240,000, it is not a typical disaster movie. Its focus is on its tear-jerking aftermath – of the subtle yet sure spiritual...

Q: Can a Buddhist couple who are in love have pre-marital sex if they do not have any plans to commit themselves for marriage in the future? A: What represents ‘commitment’ differs over time in different cultures. Marriage is supposed to signify commitment, but even so, married...