Author: Shen Shián

Every time I recall how I got over trouble in mind (and health) in the past, it never fails to…

Sorting notes today, I got a long paper cut again. You can even die from a serious paper cut. Serious!…

When my wallpaper is the Buddha, is when my notebook becomes my shrine, at which I mindfully make Dharma offerings……

< click to enlarge Bodhicitta (Productions) has just released a compilation of their ‘greatest hits’ for free distribution, and will…

Worldly glowing nights Bleakly burning lights Ghostly flitting sights (St. Andrew’s Cathedral’s spire almost a moonpointer)

Looking at Looking over Looking after (Guanyin Bodhisattva image at Kong Meng San)

Walking near Stirling Road, strange blue lights on a long and incredibly zig-zag walkway in the dark caught my eye….

Here is an ‘index’ of the articles shared via the Pureland Practice Fellowship’s mailing list so far (as on 9…

< click to enlarge DHARMA@CINEMA : Relive ‘Groundhog Day’ Today! Movie Screening and Sharing by Shen Shi’an Though ‘Groundhog Day’…

DHARMA@CINEMA : I Heart Huckabees! Movie Screening with Sharing by Shen Shi’an Don’t miss this quirky yet intriguing comedy led…

Infinity within finity Infinite layers of sky Infinite shades of blue Related Articles: Limited But Unlimited http://www.moonpointer.com/index1.php?itemid=1784 Everything Finite Tells…

Words on a Dharma text like fingers pointing at the moon of Truth. Fingers on a Dharma text like fingers…

Photo: A Sri Lankan-styled Buddha image atop an office cubicle Settled but upright Silent but mindful Still but radiant

In the ‘Watchmen’ graphic novel and movie, is an intriguing vigilante character called Rorschach. Yes, you guessed it – his…

The 17th Karmapa’s Kagyu office produced an impressive booklet called ‘Guidelines for Mitigating Climate Change’. I received it via email…

Gee: You’re too skinny! Let me transfer some fat to you! (Reverse liposuction!!?) Cee: Nooo! Thank goodness only merits can…

Some eat to live, some live to eat, but you can eat towards enlightenment! Disclaimer: The diet described here has not yet…

Fai: My casual observation: both ‘practice’ and ‘studies’ seems to work well as means for ego inflation. I have met…

In the movie ‘Suspect X’, a brilliant mathematician plans an elaborate scheme that involves murder to help his love interest get…

Understanding Amituofo via the Amitabha Sutra We often hear Buddhists greet each other with ‘Amituofo’ and aspiring to be reborn…