Author: Shen Shián
Hilarious Ladybird satire series. This one on the hipster phenomenon. Check out the ‘nostalgic sub-trending’ bicycle bar moustache. Why struggle…
‘When someone says philosophy is useless, pay attention to what they say next: it’ll probably be some philosophy that they…
Thing #1 on bucket list: Guide as many as possible via teaching, translating and writing, to enter the best Dharma…
Me write much because there is much essential to share with more. And that is all! Any other form of…
Love it that me don’t have to compromise the TRUTH as an independent teacher, translator and writer. Life is too…
Samuel Beckett’s double ‘haikus’: ‘Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.’ My extended ‘haiku’: Then…
In Amituofo’s (Amitabha Buddha) Pure Land, its beings are as if Amituofo’s doppelgangers, looking alike, as Amituofo ‘tops up’ their…
To be or not to be, that WAS the question. How best to be, this is NOW the question.
In the Singapore drama series ‘Home Truly’ (回家), is a guy who works on a fish farm (kelong). He is…
Sam & Sara #452: Nag Sam: Why nag at him? Sara: Because he’s not listening! Sam: Why is he not…
Written some years ago in anticipation of the end-of-2012-is-end-of-world hoo-ha to ease the panic while offering a reality check. Read…
Me: Look! A cup of Sng for Sng! (‘Sng’ is the name… of ice in Teochew too.) Friend: Sng Sng…
Post X’mas plus pre-CNY lighting overkill in the heartland, by adding red lanterns. Truth is, CNY has never been about…
#ssInterestingFacts #2: 麟虎逢瑞 Qilin and tiger meeting with auspiciousness… Do you know that qilins (Chinese ‘unicorns’) are vegan and never…
The truth is, in Buddhism, the essence of all we have to let go of (i.e. renounce) are the three…
Super Short Story #432: Ego The egoistic guy, hearing that there is someone like him, thought aloud, ‘Finally! Some competition!’…
A friend remarked that he does not eat vegan chicken rice (which of course has a mock version of the…
(Thus spake the Duchess to Alice.) A meaningful life is but the learning and sharing of its ‘hidden’ morals…
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