Author: Shen Shián

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A Tit for a Tat (49) Tit: If you meet someone exactly like you, would you like you? Tat: I’m…

A Tit for a Tat (48) Tit: Why is it that we seem more clear-minded that others? Tat: Is it…

Anicca… is the truth of impermanence. From the perspective of time, nothing is unchanging, while Nirvana is timeless. Dukkha… is…

Unless there is loving-kindness in our speech, it’s going to come out wrong. – Ayya Khema Unless there is loving-kindness…

Worldly friendship becomes truer friendship when it transforms to be spiritual friendship. – Stonepeace A colleague (who is a friend)…

‘…Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.’ – Stephen King Monsters…

Last evening was the second time I watched ‘A Full Bright Moon’ (Yilun Mingyue) – as the opening film of…

Question: Is there a need to be a full-time vegetarian if I pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Dizang Pusa)? Am asking because…

Sharing the Dharma in person is great spiritual training for me. Through it, I learn to be more generous, patient…

TV drama serials (or soap operas), creative as they can be in their story arcs, are at times predictable –…

A Tit for a Tat (47) Tit: Tell me my character. Make it quick! Tat: Impatient! Tit: Not more than…

In the graphic novel version of ‘Kidnapped’ by Robert Louis Stevenson (adapted by Alan Grant, illustrated by Cam Kennedy), the…

In ‘Fables: Animal Farm’ by Bill Willingham et al, Weyland Smith fashions a key to help unlock Snow White’s shackle….

You sing yourself into this life. You live this life you sing. With what lyrics do you sing? With what…

From yesterday’s news, a headline (and sub-heading) reads – ‘A star to the end: (Michael) Jackson mourners kept waiting as…

Vegan shoe design by Natalie Portman (for Te Casan) Something hilarious from a Facebook friend: M: T, what great shoes!…

When I was younger and more foolish, I used to avoid confrontation because I would react in anger. When I…

A Tit for a Tat (46) Tit: Look! Two guys checking into a hotel… Tat: So? Tit: Tongues might wag!…

Q: What are your thoughts on the relation of pop psychology and Buddhism, and how the concept of karma is…