Author: Shen Shián

Question: How does the concept of the Collective Unconscious (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_unconscious) fit in Buddhist philosophy? Answer: Commenting based on the definition…

This is the traditional verse for recitation to express repentance: 忏悔文 Verse for Repentance 往昔所造诸恶业 For all the evil deeds…

Pretty… is pretty… subjective. (but true inner beauty isn’t) The first and second lines read together suggest absolute objectivity, till…

All good things come to an end, in departure and death. All good things come to an end, if they…

In this body, the earth element, flesh and bones… the water element, blood and saliva… the fire element, thirty-seven degrees……

A Tit for a Tat (205) Tit: He smells so typical when he walks by. Tat: In what way? Tit:…

Different from the run-of-the-mill concept of there being a supreme and extreme good guy versus a supreme and extreme bad…

He collects many Dharma books that are sponsored by others for sharing the Dharma. But he doesn’t really read them;…

My softtoy dog does his best to make the world a better place. He smiles to brighten the day for…

A Tit for a Tat (204) Tit: If I could time-travel, I would ensure I never get born. Tat: Impossible!…

A Tit for a Tat (203) Tit: Remind me to do it later. Tat: Why not just make it a…

A Tit for a Tat (202) Tit: A bus just went by. Tat: Don’t tell me what it was! Tit:…

A Tit for a Tat (201) Tit: What’s the bus that just went by? Tat: Why bother? It’s too late!…

A Tit for a Tat (200) Tit: I notice you don’t wear T-shirts with wordings. Tat: Yeah… Tit: Why so?…

Alone in a valley? Not alone; but with the valley. With the experience of the valley, for what it is…

An ordinary phone for getting connected with someone absent. A ‘smart’phone for getting disconnected from someone present. From ‘Coming to…

The above is a page from Mitch Albom’s ‘Have a Little Faith’ (which I have not read fully). Te below…

Friend: (Greeting in anticipation of Chinese New Year) Huat arh!! (This means in dialect and in short, ‘May all prosper…

Imagine coming home, to realise your treasured stuff gone! That’s how bees feel when their honey is stolen! Imagine coming…

click to enlarge Register: http://www.awarenessplace.com/activities/forms/project_rebirth.doc Here’s more feedback from past participants of the 1st round to share. (Hope you can…