Author: zhaojian

A short story with fictitious names… Tom claimed that Dick’s published thoughts were misunderstood by Harry, rationalising them by making…

A stranger in a park tried to ask my Dad to go to church, saying that Jesus is his saviour….

‘Live and let live’, the non-vegan said to his vegan friends, with great irony that he himself clearly missed… [1]…

‘Beware the man of a single book (homo unius libri).’ – St. Thomas Aquinas Always read widely and investigate deeply…

No judgements here, but indeed… A ‘gospel of prosperity’ could lead to greater corruptibility. A ‘gospel of prosperity’ should lead…

L: Is the so-called Buddha boy in Nepal really ‘Buddha’ or ‘Buddha-to-be’? Q: According to a report, a French journalist…

Heard of a Dharma student thinking of giving up attending one of his teachers’ classes due to embarrassment over some…

I came across a someone who is supposed to teach the Dharma via video clips online. I say ‘supposed’ because…

I see an old friend, who became Buddhist before I did, walking through a food court. I thought he was…

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiparticle : … This leads to the question of why the formation of matter after the Big Bang resulted…

I’ve no intentions of being a killjoy when it comes to others’ gastronomical pleasures. But I do find it as…

Please don’t mistaken you are lovely because you think you have lovely hair, for hair is but dead cells. Please…

A Tit for a Tat (296) Tat: They accepted your resignation just like that? Tit: It’s okay as they don’t…

An old friend suddenly turned up in one of my regular classes. When I asked an open question to all,…

From afoottoo: Reminds me of this, “Fools try to contradict every teaching, as if they are wiser than every teacher,…

A friend confessed that he believes in the Buddhist teachings, while believing there is a creator God (which clashes with…

A friend’s account: When I took up full-time Dharma work more than a decade ago, a friend warned me about…

A friend’s experience… While shortlisting films for a Buddhist short film festival, I spoke firmly against the choice of one,…

Question: A temple is promoting beliefs that some Buddhas and Bodhisattvas protect people born in certain years. They have booklets…