Author: Shen Shián

While selecting films for a Buddhist film event, we sampled some movies. A friend wondered why many of the shortlisted…

I was looking through my old phone’s notes… a collection of words, most of which do not form complete sentences,…

As an unconventional Chinese New Year greeting, above is a simple calligraphic piece of ‘Samantabhadra Bodhisattva’s Admonition for the Masses’…

From the story ‘The Maggies’ in ‘American Splendor’ by Harvey Pekar – Harvey: (Detecting untruthfulness) When you talk about dishonest…

I came across the following stories from the Theravada tradition relating how even animals can be reborn in the heavens….

The ‘Twilight’ or Dawn of Desire? http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,7673,0,0,1,0 What if you have the power of great strength and speed, and are…

The Unseen ‘Ip Man’ Behind Bruce Lee? http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,7663,0,0,1,0 The mild-mannered ‘Ip Man’ (pronounced ‘eep-mun’: Bruce Lee’s martial arts master) is…

From ‘Chandni Chowk To China’, Delusion to Realisation http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,7665,0,0,1,0 In the first Bollywood-Hollywood action-comedy ‘Chandni Chowk To China’, an Indian…

The Ponyo Paradox of Change & Acceptance (Review of ‘Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea’) http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,7664,0,0,1,0 The Japanese animation…

Bing: Why is there paint over forgotten masking tape on this wall? Ding: The renovation guy must had been sloppy……

Customer: Two cold barley (drinks). Staff: Barley – hot or cold? Customer: Cold. Staff: One? Customer: Two. I had the…

Tit: (Sarcastically) Oh… I forgot I’m not supposed to disagree with you! Tat: (Sarcastically) Oh… really? I’ll have to disagree…

As inspired by the film ‘The Dhamma Brothers‘ , here’s a simple poem, in tribute to those who seek spiritual…

If you learn to love one properly, you will learn to love all equally. – Stonepeace [Notes: The notion of…

Everyday is full of hope for everyone if everyone brings hope to everyone everyday. – Stonepeace Related Articles: Hope As…

Do check out three versions of the 2005 song ‘Fix You’, followed by some reflections on them in terms of…

While watching the final instalment of ‘Red Cliff (Part 2)’, I was hoping for the story to impart some major…

There is a hot drama serial on TV that just ended its run. I’m not really a follower of dramas…

Burning Our Environmental Blessings Away? In many of the temples I visited in Japan, there is a custom of writing…

Often, I cringe when I hear people say… ‘Maybe it’s not meant to be.’ Because if it’s really just a…