Category: Mix

Not catnip, not eucalyptus, not anything I know, that shoos him away. Nothing seemed to deter the cockroach. Like death,…

Before the retreat began, there was already a mysterious brown cloth placed on each meditation cushion. Many wondered what it…

There is a stranger in the house. There is an uninvited guest in the house. There is a phantom cockroach…

The endlessly greedy are like one who gathers fallen coins into pockets with holes, walking in circles, getting richer yet…

A reply to a Pure Land course participant, who decided to attend the next round due to a relative’s passing…

Tim: I read a teacher saying that to meet the future Buddha, who comes a long time later, simply don’t…

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

Why do we sometimes encounter poor Dharma teachers who seem to teach inadequately and incoherently? We get who we karmically…

A Chinese new year text greeting I received and forwarded: 愿佛法的人生伴随你， 观音菩萨的慈悲充满你， 文殊菩萨的智慧带领你， 地藏菩萨的愿力加持你， 普贤菩萨的行愿成就你 ！ 愿您在十方佛菩萨的加持下一切如意，法喜充满。 合十敬祝您在新的一年里万事吉祥，如意安康，一切圆满。 阿弥陀佛! It…

A Tit for a Tat (213) Tit: Shall we rush for the last train? Tat: We can walk faster, while…

A Tit for a Tat (212) Warning, this is a little crappy… Tit: This is crap. Tat: Don’t worry… All…

A Tit for a Tat (211) Tit: Hmmm… Whose big idea was it? Tat: Never mind. It’s a collective management…

1. Generosity Countless candles can be lit from a candle, yet it will not lose its brightness. Happiness never decreases…

A Tit for a Tat (210) Tit: I’m so sick of this! Tat: Shouldn’t you be used to it already?…

Something written for an inter-religious exhibition: The offering of water at Buddhist shrines symbolises the aspiration to cultivate the virtues…

I am a time-traveller, who had come from the beginningless past, who is going to the endless future. I am…

Question: Do we need to 开光 (consecrate) Buddha/Bodhisattva images for veneration on a shrine? Answer: I recommend you to consecrate…

A Tit for a Tat (209) Tit: Oi! Tat: Why don’t you just say it? Tit: Say what? Tat: Whatever…

A Tit for a Tat (208) Tit: How are you? Tat: Same old, same old. Tit: How so? People change!…

Something funny I came across online: Question: How can Atheism be true when there is no evidence of Atheius? Answer:…