The best teachers must eventually teach ultimate Compassion and Wisdom. To encourage perfect Compassion, they must eventually advocate veganism, which is not just a way of consumption, but a way of life, of being helpful and harmless. To encourage perfect Wisdom, they must eventually advocate the Pure Land teachings, as the most efficient path towards [...]

我不敢轻于汝等， 汝等皆当作佛。 – 常不轻菩萨 (法华经) ‘I do not dare to belittle you all, for you all will become Buddhas.’ – The Bodhisattva ‘Never Underestimate’ (Lotus Sutra) Who Became Shakyamuni Buddha Related Articles: The Bodhisattva Who ‘Cried’ Truth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thedailyenlightenment-realisation/message/157 The Story in Comics http://mahaati.blog.163.com/blog/static/1763504562010111211133702

Here is the original Hippocratic Oath taken by ancient Greek doctors, from which modern versions of doctors’ moral conduct is derived: I swear by Apollo, the healer, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgment, the following Oath and agreement: To consider dear to [...]

For someone (or anyone) suffering from bipolar disorder and/or schizophrenia: To be frank, it is tedious reading your mails which swing from one end to another due to your condition. Just before responding to one mail, another mail comes in with another swing. The previous mail becomes not so relevant. But I understand, as these [...]

Rāhul was raised by his mother and grandfather, King Suddhodana. When he was seven years old, the Buddha returned to his home city of Kapilavatthu at the request of his father who missed him dearly. On the seventh day of his return, Yasodharā took Rāhula to see his father, the Buddha. She told Rāhula that [...]

How do we recognise a Buddha image to be a Buddha image? Is it the twirls of hair? But where is the ‘Buddha-ness’ in that? Is it the calm smile, or the kindly look in the eyes? Is it the posture of the body, the gesture of graceful hands? Is it all of that together? [...]

Not that it is definitely possible, if humans create a robot that is unerringly humane, in comparison to the average human, will that robot be a Buddha? But if the above is possible, the humans who create such a robot would already be Buddhas, for being able to program it to be Buddha-like. As such, [...]

In the first ‘Gantz’ movie (see trailer below at around 46 seconds), a Vajrakumara (Dharma Protector guardian diety), a thousand arm Guanyin Bodhisattva and a Buddha statue in a museum were revealed to be aliens in disguise, who were disturbed by the Gantz corps, leading to a bloody battle to the death. Now this might [...]

RJ: Look at http://kooky.com.my/chinese/node/4324 – Buddha images speaking? SA: Hmmm… It’s a mixture of amazing and amusing…. Not sure if it’s real. Sometimes cameras’ changing pixels can play tricks on the eyes. If you see the Buddha (image) blinking, speaking, levitating, radiating light… what would you do? Ask for a Dharma teaching or chant the [...]

He spent $200,000 to change his kidneys via the black market. He spent 1 second to fall and die. What bitter irony! Wealth is no true refuge. Health is no true refuge. What is your true refuge? Amituofo… Amituofo… Amituofo… Amituofo is the name of the Dharmakaya of all Buddhas. Amituofo is the essence of [...]

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 too.

Maybe we are imperfect, which is why we love the imperfect. [1] Is this a sickness or a virtue? Maybe we love the perfect, [2] though those already perfect don’t really need our love? [3] Is this a sickness or a virtue? The truth is, we love the imperfect [4] but  we love the perfect [...]

The Buddha is also called ‘The Blessed One’. But who blesses the Blessed One, who blesses us with the Dharma? The Blessed One blesses himself perfectly with perfect realisation and practice of the Dharma. The Blessed One is thus infinitely blessed with boundless merits and wisdom.

As generally defined, seven kinds of refuge. Which one are you? Generally, any form of refuge missing Dharma is spiritually unsafe. In the absence of Buddha and Sangha, is refuge in Dharma enough? Refuge In The Single Gem 1. Refuge in Buddha: Faith in Buddha without learning Dharma from Sangha 2. Refuge in Dharma: Practice [...]

To my aghast, I once heard a monk say that the path of attaining Nirvana is like pushing a button on a box which opens and extends a mechanical arm which shuts the box. This is surely one of the most unproductive, useless and erroneous ‘definitions’ of (Pari)Nirvana ever, as if Nirvana is just a process of [...]