Author: moonpointer

09
May
2018

Eating: Dharmagram #81

Eating: Dharmagram #81 Yes, eating and drinking with compassion and wisdom is part of spiritual practice too. (Thank you for…

09
May
2018

Colour: Dharmagram #80

Colour: Dharmagram #80 Vegan fare is always the most colourful and nutritious, unlike animal flesh, that is but various shades…

09
May
2018

List: Dharmagram #79

List: Dharmagram #79 Don’t just list what should be done, when you should be doing them. Listing is not actual…

09
May
2018

Thanks: Dharmagram #78

Thanks: Dharmagram #78 Thanks for your thanks! Amituofo 

30
Apr
2018

Dementia From Meat, Dairy & Eggs

From Dr. Michael Klaper, M.D., as featured in ‘What The Health’ – ‘Many people are given the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s…

30
Apr
2018

Shouldering

肩有挂袋, 心无挂碍?  尽心尽力, 尽量自在! Even as we shoulder worldly responsibilities, our minds should be free from attachments and obstacles

30
Apr
2018

Cheery Buddha

The cheery Sakyamuni Buddha image at Tai Pei Buddhist Centre. 南无本师释迦牟尼佛。

30
Apr
2018

Great Name Of 10,000 Virtues

万德洪名 The Great Name Of Ten Thousand Virtues: 阿弥陀佛 Amituofo (无量[光]佛 Amita[bha] Buddha; 无量[寿]佛 Amita[yus] Buddha)

30
Apr
2018

Going To Happen

Mentioned this in class recently – that one of the most amazing things in the world, is that even when…

30
Apr
2018

Cease Animalistic Karma

A slightly different book version found: 畜牲本是人来做, 人畜轮回古到今。 若不披毛并戴角, 劝君休使畜性心。 – 普庵禅师 Animals [including livestock] originally were humans, [who have]…

30
Apr
2018

Prepare Well

‘With time[liness], peace[fully] practise [thus]… With strength [there] should [be] protection [offered]. Of what should [be] given, [it should be]…

30
Apr
2018

Be Demon Free

心魔不起,外魔不生。 If inner demons (of greed, hatred and delusion) do not arise, outer demons are not born. From 入川法師《助念實操講解》第3講 (全3講)…

30
Apr
2018

Talk 1 At St. Patrick’s School (2018)

First of two annual 1-hour talks introducing Buddhism to non-Buddhist students at St. Patrick’s School, as invited, as part of…

30
Apr
2018

Talk 2 At St. Patrick’s School (2018)

Second of two annual 1-hour talks introducing Buddhism to non-Buddhist students at St. Patrick’s School, as invited, as part of…

30
Apr
2018

Be Rational

Page for the day from ‘The Daily Stoic’. Always be kind and wise to one and all.

23
Apr
2018

Crossing: Dharmagram #77

Crossing: Dharmagram #77 Cross black and white  to get to the other side. Cross birth and death  to get to…

23
Apr
2018

Complexity: Dharmagram #76

Complexity: Dharmagram #76 What seems simple  can be complex up close. When seems complex  can be simple up close.

23
Apr
2018

Kimchi: Dharmagram #75

Kimchi: Dharmagram #75 Maha-Vegan kimchi, free from animals (meat), their by-products, the five pungent roots and alcohol. More on understanding…

23
Apr
2018

Glass: Dharmagram #74

Glass: Dharmagram #74 Sunset via glass at Changi Airport Terminal 4, as reflected on more glass and seen through more…

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…