Author: Shen Shián
Here begins a series of minimalist yet representative pictures of Singapore’s train stations. #MinimalistSgSubwayPics Part 1 (Toa Payoh)
A small decorative souvenir (火焰明珠: flaming gem of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva; 地藏菩萨) from years ago, that can be used as a…
OPTIONS: At food courts, some peer at what others are eating, before locating stalls selling what they fancied. Some peer…
One of, if not the very last rent-free places in Singapore (for the old to sell second-hand stuff) to be…
A case of a pencil-like pencil case for pencils and such.
Why wear underwear with the loud name of someone else? Why dress like everyone else except yourself? Why smell like the…
[866] Lacking in integrity are those who make rules for others, yet break them personally. [867] Those with strong integrity …
Why dream on indefinitely when you should get go(al)ing now?
Once, a school teacher looked at my pinyin name while marking attendance and called out for ‘神仙’. In that context,…
Reflection or silhouette or both or neither or…
Since in each moment, our minds can only hold one thought, why not, as much as possible, choose to be…
If these guys are cleaning, is this a startling example of how fancy building designs can be hazardous and back-breaking…
Stick for gently tapping shoulders of the dozing to awaken them during coming Nianfo retreat. (To be used like a…
INITIATIVE: In 1997, without seeing any job vacancy ad, I wrote in to 11 Buddhist organisations asking for full-time Dharma…
How to commercially ride upon the names of great deceased masters, while fragmenting their works in seemingly bad taste… though…
[856] Unless you look further and think deeper, your perception of ‘truth’ remains controlled by your information sources. [857] If…
[846] All suffering is needless, due to greed, hatred and delusion, which are also needless. [847] When clear questions are…
Danny Rand of ‘Iron Fist’ sharing a Zen saying (in episode 1), so he claims. The closest Chinese equivalent I…
As afflictions (烦恼) from (physical) pain (痛) and (mental) suffering (苦) arise from the three poisons (三毒) of transient greed…
Of what colours and which shades are the various chapters you remember of your past? Do you shrinkwrap them too?…
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