From the movie ‘The Perks Of Being A Wallflower’: Charlie: Why do nice people choose the wrong people to date? Mr Anderson: … We accept the love we think we deserve Charlie: Can we make them know that they deserve more? Mr Anderson: We can try. While Charlie wonders about...

Dharma-sharing by Bro Jeffrey (1) Dharma-sharing by Bro Jeffrey (2) Bro Chin’s singing of the Heart Sutra in Cantonese Sis Jacqueline’s sharing on the below Inspirational charity photo-cards by Sis Jacqueline’s daughter Listening to the Heart Sutra song Listening to...

Super Short Story (168): Phantom She didn’t realise that she was secretly responding to every guy met with a sense of interest or disgust, with the few in between simply ‘skipped’. She didn’t realise that that was precisely why she hasn’t met a...

Super Short Story (126): Baby She thought about her ruined friendship, ‘Why throw out the baby with the bath water just because the baby not totally bathed yet? Aren’t we all works in progress? We’re all dirty yet precious...

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...

Because he nursed a grudge against his friend, that is actually unfounded, and because it was never clarified, he punishes himself indefinitely whenever she comes to view or mind, while she wonders what happened to their...

A friend lists ‘the few true friends’ he has so far in his Facebook status. Am not listed, which is natural, as I don’t know him well. He might be dividing his friends with such a comment. What if some unlisted ones are true to him? Better to silently be a truer friend to...

颠倒众生因视善知识为恶知识， 自己则退转成其他众生恶知识！ As inverted beings see good-knowing advisors as evil-knowing advisors, they thus backslide to become other beings’ evil-knowing advisors...

A: ‘True friends are the ones who have nice things to say behind your back.’ What do you think? S: True friends are also the ones who tell us nasty yet true things about us, to us, in front of us, for our good. E: Even if in a harsh...

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Something written a long time ago… (Facebook has changed much since) Checking if a friend sees me as a friend, I clicked ‘add as friend’, and waited. ‘Awaiting friend confirmation’, says Facebook still, days later. Am I actually secretly ignored already, or left...

She says, ‘I think I can’t handle lies or betrayal well. It’s hard for me to trust anyone now.’ ‘Trust in the Dharma then’, I said, ‘for it will never let you down. And the Dharma also says spiritual friendship is the dearest. ‘Yet, this does...

Don’t run out of time to express your appreciation. Not just love for a lover or care for a friend. But love for your parents too, the first ones to love...

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...

Do social networking sites make us more or less true and open? Do they make us more ready to connect online, or more content with only online interaction, or…? Did Facebook redefine the meaning of ‘friends’? Is friendship now more readily available or more vague? What makes...

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...

A Tit for a Tat (114) Tit: Should I lend money to him? Tat: I wouldn’t lend a huge amount of money to a friend. Tit: Why not help a friend? Is your friendship not worth that amount? Tat: It’s worth more than that. Tit: What do you mean? Tat: It’s priceless. I wouldn’t...

Jat: Is it just me who think people who ignore sms or emails are rude? I mean they should know that I’m waiting for a reply… or do I need to indicate ‘RSVP’? Yah: I get that too and sometimes it’s even work-related. Jat: Could silence have become the new...

Question: Sorry, I’ve done my best to help her. I’ve no more energy. I give up! Answer: No worries. Take a break. It’s important to not leave the friendship bitter – or there would be negative karmic affinity formed, that creates more problems in time to come. When...