Author: Shen Shián

Desk – Music and Sound Design from Aaron Trinder Film:Motion:Music on Vimeo. If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind,…

Deep outer space is like deep inner space. Inner worlds within outer worlds. Worlds within dust motes. Cosmic symmetry? Dust…

Confidence in sharing the Dharma can be perceived as arrogance by those who don’t understand the Dharma, the real source…

Question: Does the Buddha teach a systematic way of cultivating wisdom? Answer: The Buddha’s teachings are valuable precisely because they…

We should avoid harsh speech unless it is really needed to wake up another (with good intentions), while we should…

A Tit for a Tat (170) Tit: Why not do it now? Tat: Soon! Tit: Yeah right… but never any…

A Tit for a Tat (169) Tit: Why do you keep replaying the same song? Tat: Well, if I prefer…

Prequel to https://moonpointer.com/new/2010/10/i-think-you-need-to : A Tit for a Tat (168) Tit: Do you want to turn on the fan? Tat:…

This graph is funny yet generally true! Perhaps the Buddha already knew this, which is why he specifically used the…

‘When two paths open up before you, always choose the hardest one.’ As uttered by a monk in the film…

The worst gift can be the best gift. The quality of a gift does not depend on it(self), but on…

A friend found what (Khadi) seems to be a more ethical form of silk available in India, made from silk…

When some of us have extra food that we don’t want, while thinking it’s a waste to discard it, we…

As shortened from Wikipedia: ‘”I Love You, Phillip Morris” is a comedy-drama film based on the real life events of…

A good translator can be both satisfied and unsatisfied: unsatisfied with other translations seen, which urges one to come up…

Just removed the protection screen of my iPhone 3, as I prepared to trade it in for iPhone 4. Suddenly,…

From His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, ‘Compassion is not a luxury, it is a necessity for human beings to…

Q: I have been attending a weekly group chanting regularly. On two mornings of these days, I heard the chanting…

Q: Is helping my enemies the right thing to do? A: It is right, provided that it doesn’t harm anyone, and…

Sometimes, there are positive thinking ideas that are simply based on a slanted way of thinking, which makes it unrealistic….