Year: 2009

If only the winds can chime and carry the name of Amituofo But it takes the compassionate to be mindful…

Retelling of a Tibetan folk story: Brother One has 99 horses. Brother Two has 1 horse. None feel they have…

In a ‘post-Lehman Brothers’ world, an investment ad in the subway ironically reads, ‘Be humble, the stock market is probably…

In the movie ‘Minority Report’, the featured world of the near future is such that wherever you go to, your…

Great still above from ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ with wonderful colours and composition. (I snapped this off the TV while preparing…

Ever since I read somewhere, that spiders cannot crawl out of bathtubs, I kind of looked out for them regularly…

A friend sent me the above with this question: Bwahaha… i wonder what’s the teacher’s religion? 😉 I replied: Oh,…

是日已过命已随减, 如少水鱼斯有何乐, 大众！ 常勤精进如救头燃, 但念无常慎勿放逸。 The above verse was chanted just before we concluded our 1-day Pureland retreat at Dharma…

Sadhu to those all over the world who participated in Earth Hour. May all be mindful of the importance of…

Pic: Pureland Retreat at Dharma Drum Singapore Sometimes, you don’t really need a meditation cushion. Sometimes, you don’t really need…

Pic: Dharma Drum Singapore During the Dharma discussion portion after the screening of Groundhog Day at Dharma Drum, Kee Yew…

The stray cat that is more fretful of uncertainty than free of all suffering reminds me that… we are all…

Photo: On Nicoll Highway, while strolling to a bus-stop after Coldplaying The Buddhadharma is… a path lit with smaller lamps…

On Monday this week, though it was a working day, we made sure we left home hands-free of any baggage,…

DHARMA@CINEMA: Little Miss Sunshine Movie Screening cum Sharing by Shen Shian The movie ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ (Winner of 2 Oscars…

Boarding the southbound train at around 9.45pm after work, an uplifting sight caught my eye. The man with outstretched legs…

Are you in the shadows or are you a silhouette on the brink of illumination?

The photo above shows a man holding a pack of branded toilet paper rolls placed in a plastic bag. Here…

< Sri Lankaramaya Temple When it comes to the stuff that requires faith, most of us are naturally skeptical. Modern…

Last Saturday, after giving an almost full day course to guides on guiding in a Buddhist temple, I had about…