Awakening: Dharmagram #67 Thus, what truly needed is to AWAKE spiritually, not merely...

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 [and] effects. Not believing [in the karmic law of] cause [and effect, and thus sowing the wrong seeds, there will be] self-eating [of] bitter fruits [reaped...

Encouragement: Dharmagram #66 Gift and card.  Thank you! Amituofo...

当下幸福: Dharmagram #65 不如当下至心念佛，唤醒自己， 提早幸福安乐。...

Fragility: Dharmagram #64 All mind and matter in our world is eventually fragile due to the universal law of impermanence. Thus do we seek refuge in timeless...

自清偈    清者自清， 浊者缘浊。 浊者愿清， 仍可自清。 Verse On Self-Purification The pure [are] personally [already] pure, the defiled [are only] conditioned [to be] defiled. The defiled [if] aspiring [to be] purified, [are] still able [to] personally [become]...

三宝偈    依止佛陀， 依止正法， 依止圣僧， 乃真皈依。 Verse On The Triple Gem Reliance upon the Buddhas, reliance upon their true Dharma, and reliance upon the Arya Sangha* [who teach it], is thus true refuge [in the Triple Gem]. *Holy (Noble) Sangha: The enlightened community of practitioners...

Worth: Dharmagram #63 A life not worth dying for  is not worth living for...

Brightness: Dharmagram #62 May all depart from the darkness of delusion by progressing towards the brightness of...

Hindsights: Dharmagram #61 A reminder on being reminded from ‘Re:mind’. May there be hindsights for...

Nature: Dharmagram #60 Unnerving opening quote of ‘Scarface’. The consolation is that the opposite is true too, that no one is really bad, and can do right, as all have Buddha-nature, be it discovered or...

Assimilation: Dharmagram #59 The movie ‘Annihilation’ is not really about destruction, but a deeper exploration about the nature of death, rebirth and...

Switch: Dharmagram #58 Turn off what should be turned off and turn on what should be turned...

Maximalism: Dharmagram #57 A corner of a food court with very busy wall designs meeting together, that could collectively be said to be the direct opposite of minimalist...

Rules: Dharmagram #56 Break only pointless rules though, while always upholding the...

Zombie: Dharmagram #55 A zombie-like stander among some zombie-like walkers? Or are they all being...

Support: Dharmagram #54 A bus grab bar… May all find the ultimate support for refuge, for this life and after....

Clouds: Dharmagram #53 No, the Buddha did not teach in this way, though the concept is true to Buddhism, that nothing phenomenal goes from being something to nothingness; only transforming into other phenomena. ‘Emptiness’ in Buddhism is not nothingness; it is everything-ness as...

Worth: Dharmagram #52 Live a life worth writing...

Be Kind: Dharmagram #51 If they are deluded, they need your kind patience to awaken them. And if you are the one deluded, you have no reason to be unkind at all. You would need their kind patience to awaken...

Mind: Dharmagram #50 Mind over matter.  Mind before matter.  Mind truly...

Sesame: Dharmagram #49 Vegan black and white sesame ‘fortune’ cookie gift from Purelanders. ...

Black Mirror: Dharmagram #48 One of, if not the most thought-provoking ongoing Netflix series is Black Mirror. What does the title refer to? It is what you are looking at now – the screen of your phone, computer or TV, that is black by default. The series explores how current and future...

Supermoon: Dharmagram #47 31 Jan 2018: Is there a lesson in this? Even a supermoon can get...

Suffering: Dharmagram #46 Sentient beings too, animals are, just as we are. If so, may compassion arise in us, for animals, whose lives and deaths we control with our demand or non-demand for their flesh and...

Cement: Dharmagram #45 Ground cement with accidental paint specks… like neglected canvas with abstract art. What is art really, but the art of appreciation of whatever...

Stupa: Dharmagram #44 Religion above politics? Stupa of Burmese Buddhist Temple seen with Sun Yat Sen Villa in...

Crossroads: Dharmagram #43 At every moment are crossroads, that lead to more moments with more crossroads. Choose well then, to keep going towards your best and final destination....

Mochi: Dharmagram #42: Taiwanese muah chee has stuffing inside. Japanese mochi has coating outside. Same yet different; different yet...

Dust: Dharmagram #41 But dust, yet regarded as more than dust. So… navigate...