Author: Shen Shián
Walking in the Evolution Garden of Singapore Botanic Gardens, it was a journey through the evolution of flora. On the…
A participant who completed Project Rebirth (Round 2) asked me what would be three key takeaway tips to sum up…
Part 1: It is amazing… how a total stranger on the street can be all smiles, greeting you, offering a…
I heard a Mother scolding her child for folding across a page of a library book. She said, ‘Don’t spoil…
Having read the first book of ‘American Vampire’ by Scott Synder, Rafael Albuquerque and Stephen King, I thought… The real…
From ‘Batman: Lovers and Madmen’ by Michael Green… Gordon: Damnest thing. Like there’s motive. Batman: There’s always a motive. What makes…
In ‘Saya (Scabbards’) by Stan Sakai (of Usagi Yojimbo), a folk singer is first heard singing, The rain will rust…
In ‘Pride of Baghdad’ by Brian K. Vaughan and Nikko Henrichon, this posed question is central to the story –…
How do we recognise a Buddha image to be a Buddha image? Is it the twirls of hair? But where…
Was asked to circulate an event about mindfulness via the www.TheDailyEnlightenment.com newsletter. S: Hmmm… TDE publicises only Buddhism-related events. Mindfulness…
Friedrich Nietzsche wrote… “What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say,…
A Tit for a Tat (326) Tit: My handphone just broke down! Why does this have to happen on my…
Stonepeace said, ‘Beauty is only skin deep and the skin is not very deep.’ A Buddhist saying says, ‘This body…
A friend is compiling teachings by Rinpoche for publication, and asked me to check the below, which I sent years…
S: Otto von Bismarck said, ‘When you say that you agree to a thing in principle, you mean that…
I saw at 4.24am a new blue star outside the window From where I lay on the bed. But of…
There is this part in ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ that mentions Buddhism. Morrie: Everybody knows they’re going to die, but nobody…
A vegetarian Buddhist friend said a Christian friend remarked that animals have no ‘souls’, that it is okay to eat…
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