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Some friends comment that some relics (sairira) of great Buddhist masters look quite ordinary, in the sense that they can’t even…

Honour (loyalty) is honoured even amongst organised criminals, especially amongst them, for them to be truly organised! But for them…

Some choose to believe they are stuck, in existential dilemmas, unable to move in any direction. Some choose to believe…

修行须放下贪嗔痴, 而无住生心地提起 悲智双运的菩萨行. The letting go (renunciation) of greed, hatred and delusion, and the giving rise of the (Bodhicitta) aspiration…

Either you are not aware of your self-contradictions, or are aware but contradict yourself – which is doubly self-contradicting! Who…

A king tastes better food not merely because his subjects take more efforts in preparing good dishes, not merely because…

A friend sent by the Chinese text below, written by a Dharma teacher, for comments. My comments are in English,…

Wrote the below comment on a friend’s Facebook post on her ego, which seems to be the main subject for…

Here is a wonderful old video of Alan Watts introducing Buddhist meditation. It’s still very relevant. I’ve not read Watts’…

For some singles, to have or not have a spouse, that is the question. But to have a spouse does…

人不为己,  天诛地灭？ 人人为己,  人人共灭！ 为人为己,  人人共悦！ If one does not benefit oneself, will heaven and earth destroy one? If everyone…

Question: I find it hard not to lie in my line of work, which is sales. Answer: There’s no need…

  A ‘root guru’ is the main teacher you learn from, or the root teacher of your lineage of teachers….

She assumed he had let go of the matter, so she let it go, not further resolving it, not realising…

A reply to a Buddhist friend, who chose to get pest control to exterminate lice-like insects that plagued her house,…

‘A good car doesn’t makes one a good driver. A good camera doesn’t make one a good photographer , Good…

For someone (or anyone) suffering from bipolar disorder and/or schizophrenia: To be frank, it is tedious reading your mails which…

L: Steven Levitt said, ‘‎If you own a gun and have a swimming pool in the yard, the swimming pool is almost…

Though some might be harming you, they are harming themselves too – karmically. Which is why we should not just…

S: Project Rebirth: Rediscover, Reflect & Recharge!… More than 60 have signed up for this round. For those who missed this,…