Year: 2009
Anicca… is the truth of impermanence. From the perspective of time, nothing is unchanging, while Nirvana is timeless. Dukkha… is…
Unless there is loving-kindness in our speech, it’s going to come out wrong. – Ayya Khema Unless there is loving-kindness…
Ren: Are you a Mahayanist? Yah: Yes and no. Ren: Meaning? Yah: Yes, because I believe in the Mahayana sutras…
Worldly friendship becomes truer friendship when it transforms to be spiritual friendship. – Stonepeace A colleague (who is a friend)…
Recently, we visited a friend’s house, and noticed that he bought a new TV. Teasing him, I said that from…
‘…Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.’ – Stephen King Monsters…
The film ‘Thirst’ (which won the 2009 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival) is another story that uses the…
Last evening was the second time I watched ‘A Full Bright Moon’ (Yilun Mingyue) – as the opening film of…
I saw her holding the catalogue like a new found treasure. As she sat down in the train, happily, she…
… I saw something in your eyes I’m sure Something in your eyes I wanted it for myself You and I…
Jat: What do you think of people who can’t take jokes? Yah: Why? Who had you offended? Jat: That petty…
Question: Is there a need to be a full-time vegetarian if I pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Dizang Pusa)? Am asking because…
在一个无聊的下午中 面对一堆无聊的事物 唯我能做的就是念佛 安抚着那不在焉的心 阿弥陀佛！ On a boring afternoon Facing tons of trivial brainless work The only thing I can…
Sharing the Dharma in person is great spiritual training for me. Through it, I learn to be more generous, patient…
TV drama serials (or soap operas), creative as they can be in their story arcs, are at times predictable –…
A Tit for a Tat (47) Tit: Tell me my character. Make it quick! Tat: Impatient! Tit: Not more than…
In the graphic novel version of ‘Kidnapped’ by Robert Louis Stevenson (adapted by Alan Grant, illustrated by Cam Kennedy), the…
In ‘Fables: Animal Farm’ by Bill Willingham et al, Weyland Smith fashions a key to help unlock Snow White’s shackle….
You sing yourself into this life. You live this life you sing. With what lyrics do you sing? With what…
You might stumble upon what you think is another’s ‘deep dark secret’. But if you leave it unclarified, the true…
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