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Question: Hi Teacher Shen, Amituofo. Did you watch ‘Journey to the West’ last week? I know you said that we…

K: Hi Laoshi, I think it is the first time I saw so ’emotional’, and very rightly so. It is…

It’s due to urban light pollution, that we can’t see more stars. A paradox…. Much harsh light doesn’t shed light…

When you argue your case, is it because the truth must prevail for the greater good, or is it because…

There is no winning arguments with those who continually digress from the issues at hand, who cook up new issues…

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

When one points your remark back to you, showing you why it is inapplicable to them, and why it applies…

It is a mistake to assume the anonymous to be always irresponsible or untruthful, for anonymity can be chosen out…

Do the anonymous have too much ego to hide, or too little ego to show? Are their egos with shamefulness…

Before justifying one’s action, one should consider this – was one’s action justified? Before rationalising one’s inaction, one should consider…

The world is full of fools who do not know they are fools – including you and me… sometimes.

Speech in cyberspace is always virtual yet often unerasable. What traces do you leave online? Do they lead to truth…

Just because another stops arguing with you, it does not mean you have won. It might mean there is no…

If it is perfectly natural for there to be a perfect creator, it would be perfectly unnatural for this creator…

A friend lists ‘the few true friends’ he has so far in his Facebook status. Am not listed, which is…

Z: (After hearing about it from H) Gnostic Christianity, as with many things, is very interesting indeed. But life is too short…

Question: I was wondering what took so long for the rebirth to take place. It was like 60 years after…

A participant of my latest Pure Land class (http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2012/01/course-understanding-amituofo-via-the-amitabha-sutra-9th-run) had an interesting experience. While chanting the name of Amituofo in class for…

To believe there are karmic causes to be born of one’s gender, of one’s sexual orientation, of one’s physical (dis)ability,…

The cleaner at the food court came to retrieve an empty tray, but with absent-mindedness. She lifts a tray off…