Author: Shen Shián
The super weight of ‘The (Daily) Planet’ on his super shoulders daily? [This article is somewhat on evolution, and somewhat…
Three Perspectives of a Fatherly Buddha Image From Chapter Three of the Lotus Sutra: I tell you, Shariputra, I am…
Skanda Bodhisattva faces the Buddha in the main shrine, because he guards the Buddha. Skanda Bodhisattva faces the last page…
Kindly Guanyin Homely Chenrezig Motherly Avalokiteshvara ‘My mother is Guanyin to me when she prays to Guanyin for me.’ –…
Eyes glaring. Fists clenched. Brows frowning. Muscles rippling. What are the Vajrakumaras ‘mad’ at? Not you, or me, or himself,…
In a bus… Where to? For what conventional reasons do you journey? So what when you get there? In a…
The first picture: favourite view at home: open shelves of stuff for opening the mind The second picture: favourite view…
A Tit for a Tat ( 6 ) Tit: (To a toddler) See? The sky is so high! Tot: Why?…
A Tit for a Tat (5) Tit: (To a toddler) Do you prefer me (Tit) or Tat? Tot: Hmmm… Tat!…
Jen: Your ‘imaginary funeral parlour notice’ [see below] is well written, seemingly depicting dying. Is it due to the way…
Understanding ‘Underworld’ Underdogs http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,7765,0,0,1,0 ‘Underworld: Rise of the Lycans’ is the instalment of the trilogy that explains how the lycans…
I got a call from the Navy HQ today. An admin staff wanted to hand-deliver a service medal, a coat-of-arms…
Penguin books’ designs are getting really clever and cool these days. Gone are the days of Penguin’s stuffy bookish image….
A Buddha image on the computer reminding me to blog with compassion and wisdom, reminding me to surf with compassion…
The Myth of Pointing at the Moon? A strange urban legend(?) of no specific origin has it that if one…
I’ve handled plenty of real guns before, while serving obligatory National Service in the Navy as a gunner cum seaman,…
‘Those whose actions are evil are the ones who will fill the Hell of Great Heat, experiencing therein the fruits…
The TV series ‘Samantha Who’ is about Samantha Newly, who sort of gets ‘newly reborn’ when she recovers from coma…
The initial critical mass needed for creating the actual critical mass is just one person – why not you? –…
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