Tag: suffering

17
Jun
2018

War: Dharmagram #142

War: Dharmagram #142 Behind monuments of war, power and glory, often forgotten are pain, fear and suffering. Never again, humans…

23
Apr
2018

Scream: Dharmagram #73

Scream: Dharmagram #73 The screamer in the lithograph version of Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’, as if in shock, that he…

17
Apr
2018

Verse On Cause & Effect 因果偈

因果偈    无有如果, 唯有因果。 不信因果, 自食苦果。 Verse On Cause & Effect [There] are no ifs, [while there] are only causes…

06
Apr
2018

Suffering: Dharmagram #46

Suffering: Dharmagram #46 Sentient beings too, animals are, just as we are. If so, may compassion arise in us, for…

07
Nov
2017

Adventure: Super Short Story #478

Super Short Story #478: Adventure He decided to see life as an adventure, as a fun journey for discovery. Otherwise,…

30
Oct
2017

Suffering: Super Short Story #459

Super Short Story #459: Suffering There is only the problem of how to overcome suffering TOTALLY. It was a question…

27
Jun
2017

False Afflictions

As afflictions (烦恼) from (physical) pain (痛) and (mental) suffering (苦) arise from the three poisons (三毒) of transient greed…

11
Jun
2017

Asian Sisyphuses

Of Asian Sisyphuses and human ostriches. The cure for cyclical suffering due to voluntary ignorance? Buddhadharma!

03
May
2017

One Thorn

富贵学道难 + 苦口即良药!

26
Apr
2017

All Suffer

Have compassion for all – not just the suffering ones; but the ones creating suffering for others too – because…

07
Apr
2017

Suffer For Something

Only suffer for something. Never suffer for nothing. – #Stonepeace

08
Feb
2017

Undeniable

Un-de-ni-able. So… go vegan!  #BuddhistVeganFellowship

08
Feb
2017

Ridding Pain

But when pain is unbearable, there is this supreme remedy for blissful healing, as can be seen at http://purelanders.com/2016/01/13/how-to-handle-pain-with-nianfo

16
May
2016

Pain: Wandering Thought #277

Pain: Wandering Thought #277: Just as physical pain is a reminder that there is something wrong with your body, that…

09
May
2016

Obstacles: PictureQuote #16

Obstacles are just part of the path; they do not end the path.

09
Apr
2015

Comfort: Wandering Thought #227

Comfort: Wandering Thought #227: We were all first uncomfortable, with what we are now comfortable with. As toddlers, we were…

19
Jan
2015

An Age-Old Answer For An Age-Old Question

A Question For The Pope Glyzelle Palomar (12-year-old girl): Many children are abandoned by their parents. There are also many…

04
Aug
2014

Consultation: Wandering Thought #38

Wandering Thought #38: Consultation No ruler, unless enlightened, can truly survey the needs of the people from an ‘almighty’ tower…

14
Jun
2014

Smile: Super Short Story #338

Super Short Story #338:  Smile Blessed yet cursed with an eternal smile, that makes him look always happy, he is…

22
Mar
2014

Lemon: Super Short Story #328

Super Short Story #328: Lemon It was a perfectly easy to punish, or rather, torture him with self-torture- by tasking him…