Author: Shen Shián

Question: How do we discern if a self-improvement program is reliable or not, in line with the Dharma or not?…

A Tit for a Tat (62) Tit: Why didn’t you thank the waitress? Tat: Why should I? Her service was…

A Tit for a Tat (61) Tit: Why didn’t you thank the waiter? Tat: Why should I? Tit: Why not?…

A Tit for a Tat (60) Tit: Why must you always have the last word? Tat: I don’t always have…

I would like to share what I call the Chrysalis Effect… From everything ugly and even seemingly disgusting (e.g. a…

Fren: Watched the movie ‘2012’ – finally the world comes to an end! Gren: We are already living in the…

Date: This Sunday: 15 November 2009 Time: 9.00-11.30 am Speaker: Shen Shi’an Venue: Pu Ji Si Buddhist Research Centre (39…

Something strange happened. I discovered that the ‘same’ nails are never always the same. Physical stuff change… slowly sometimes but…

A Tit for a Tat (59) Tit: Why are you like that? I can’t stand it! Tat: It’s only because…

Marc: Is telling jokes based on non-truths breaking the fourth precept against false speech? E.g. I joked that my computer’s…

I notice that though many long-time Buddhists are aware of the significance of the practice of circumambulation in Buddhism (See…

The main story arc of the movie PTU (Police Tactical Unit) is about a cop who slips and falls in…

Johnnie To’s modern classic film ‘PTU’ (Police Tactical Unit) is a cops and gangsters flick. But it is not just…

A Tit for a Tat (58) Tit: Can you hear the humming? Tat: Yes. Tit: I’m surprised you can hear…

Lyrica: Sigh… how did all these happen? So sad… all this drama! Zeph: it’s okay – all these are motivating…

What great spiritual truth do you seek, when you are not truthful to yourself [and/or others] over the smallest worldly…

Something written for an Inter-religious magazine… It is a common and idealistically beautiful notion, that all the religions of the world essentially…

Ray: What’s the best way to attain inner peace despite being in the midst of those who have a blaming…

There is no real solid ball. There is just a bundle of potential (elastic) energy, that binds itself inwards. Likewise,…

‘Is the glass half empty or half full?’ is a common expression, used rhetorically to indicate that a particular situation…