Author: Shen Shián

Shortest traffic light crossing ever? Became so curious to know how short it is that I crossed while counting 9…

The 三慧 Three Wisdoms begin with listening… 闻慧：Wisdom of Listening (and reading) for learning 思慧：Wisdom of Contemplation for internalisation 修慧：Wisdom…

Though the more or less similar fireworks mark the end of a year and the beginning of another, we must…

#ssInterestingFacts #1: Sugar-apples (custard apples)are also called ‘Sakya’ (释迦), as they are shaped somewhat similar to Sakyamuni Buddha’s (释迦牟尼佛) crown. Among…

Bring your resusable bottle and glass straw! (Koi cold oolong and green tea with aiyu.) 

You can’t be mindful  of how you lose mindfulness because you were not mindful enough… but you can be mindful…

Super Short Story #431: At Any Time Because he kept thinking he could do it at any time, at no…

Rebirth means recurring redeath too, if liberation is not attained in time by the end of this life. May all…

Why not review your life now, to make amends now, to do better now, since you might not live to…

Anyone of any age, unless yet to learn anything, or refuses to reflect… has no message to share. May we…

Why should what does not matter at all right at the end be seen to matter so much now? Should…

Challenging might it be when facing the end of days, prepared and thus courageous we must be, to face the…

Why keep pining for more to come later? Why not go for more of what you truly want now? (Of…

About middle age, it is surely time to decide what are the essentials for focusing the rest of this life…

We still do change and still can change, so do change for the better now despite your young, middle or…

We truly mature and start to live our lives when we realise the main problem with our lives are our…

Dream on, yes, but realise realisable dreams too, sooner than later… for this fleeting life is like a dream, too…

The truth is, the ‘too young’ already die ‘too often’, which makes the idea of being younger or older hardly…

When there is more wonder than exasperation at the passing of days and nights, when there is still no sense…

Aiming to share all important Pure Land sutra and treatise teachings by translation, and worthy reflections by writing in this…