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No one really wants to be greedy, hateful or deluded. Those who are simply do not realise that being so…

The Paradox of Strife: Sometimes, when you push yourself, you will breakthrough. How do you know you can outdo yourself…

She kept saying she didn’t get the joke. But there was no joke in the first place – which is…

A paradoxical thought came to mind – ‘My instincts frequently tell me not to always trust my instincts.’ So… do…

It’s natural for the less spiritualistic to be more materialistic… because that seems all there is, that is fulfilling to…

轮回路险，生生世世， 反目成仇，反仇成目。 何不大家厌离娑婆，欣求极乐， 与诸上善人，俱会一处， 修菩萨道，共成佛道？ 阿弥陀佛！ The rounds of rebirth are dangerous. From life to life, love becomes hate, hate…

Patients with mental illnesses often stop taking medication when they assume they have gotten better… only to suffer from relapses….

The dismal state of the Dharma in the world is the collective karmic effect of inadequate practice and propagation. It…

The Dharma is ‘destroyed’ by those who claim they are protecting and promoting it, who are harming and distorting it…

A blog reader urgently wanted to use the second poem at https://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/the-famous-funeral-poem for a real funeral, and asked for the…

Usual advice: Life is short. Dream hard, and fulfil your dreams. Don’t waste your life. Less usual advice: Life is…

The worldly admired tend to be more imperfect than hoped upon a closer look [because defilements are there], yet more…

While hosting a game of setting deadlines for our bucket lists, one participant listed becoming a vegan in a few…

The law of karma is perfectly just because it is perfectly natural and unbiased; not created or directed by any…

If you are able to accept it if the Buddha reprimands, but are unable to accept it if an unenlightened…

As a Buddhst, should you avoid all evil? Of course! As a Buddhist, should you do all good? Of course! As a Buddhist,…

One of the most deluded kind of meditators are those who imagine they were in deep peace, when they were…

Please be mindful not to let your eagerness to share the Dharma overtake your eagerness to learn and practise the…

Please don’t bluff yourself that you were listening to the Dharma with your eyes closed, when you don’t see yourself nodding…

If you do not learn the Dharma accordingly during a Dharma discussion session, you are being untrue to yourself and…