Author: Shen Shián

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another…

The lone moon is never lonely, while any loneliness perceived is only the perception of the perceiver. Related Article: In…

A joke I came across many years ago, rephrased here. Let’s see if you are mindfully sharp enough to catch…

From the article below: ‘Then there is the matter of dark matter. The concept stems from telescope observations that appear…

The universe is thrice brighter than it seems. When some stars are so bright, they outshine the dimmer ones. But…

He knocked a glass off the next table, and it shattered on the ground. Whose fault is it? He wondered……

To transform jealousy, it is good to cultivate rejoice (gladness) that others are ‘better’, and to see their better state…

I’m wearing Croc cloth shoes. (An out-of production design) They’re pretty good … except that they are not totally waterproof….

When in China, a TV program caught my attention, that focused on demystifying myths. It was about the cultural belief…

I heard this story at the ‘Buddhism and Science Symposium III’. I can’t remember all the details. If anyone knows…

Learnt from Geshe Damdul’s talk tonight, in my own words: Actualisation of Bodhicitta brings about tenderness (an aspect of compassion)….

In the original version of Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’, as in his book, Benjamin is born…

I find shows featuring makeovers for glamour shots on TV amusing… not that it’s a joke that these makeovers do…

George Michael’s ‘Waiting for That Day’ is also known as ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’, as that line…

A reflection on states(wo)men quoted via Wikileaks: Though it’s true that one said what one said, having said it doesn’t…

Nothing is more surreal than the shimmering lights of the city, and its colourful cars and people fleeting by. Nothing…

How far away must I be to not be at the coast? A metre, ten, a hundred, more, or what?…

In the ‘brutal’ game that is Survivor in one of the recent seasons, Fabio, seemingly a simple-minded goofball at first,…

I heard a parent order a dish of pasta for his kid. He asked if there is prawn in it,…

What happens when a guru blesses you? Does he or she passes over some special force of goodness or merits,…