Author: Karma

09
Jun
2016

What Desert Island?

Hah!

25
Jan
2011

Consecration

Question: Do we need to 开光 (consecrate) Buddha/Bodhisattva images for veneration on a shrine? Answer: I recommend you to consecrate…

06
Jul
2010

Taiwan Adventure (9): Oh Deer!

A wholesale shop’s salesperson showed us a cellophane wrapped deer foetus, telling us that she is a ‘Buddhist’, and thinks…

12
Jan
2010

India Adventures (4): Buddhism is Not Hinduism

Early during the pilgrimage, our Indian Hindu ‘sub-guide’ (who isn’t the main guide, who is instead Buddhist) introduced God (Trimurti) as…