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SINCERITY: Depending on how the house door is knocked, or how the doorbell is rung, I respond accordingly with my…
BELIEF: We must have faith in who we want to be, not necessarily believing that such a person already exists,…
Kind of depressing, kind of neutral, kind of uplifting. Just words though… even these! The present meaning and usage is…
INTIMACY: Even the best teachers can only urge you to reflect and see fully for yourself. No one can realise…
PAIN: Paradoxically, although an ulcer on a lip made it more painful to eat, it made me more careful when…
DO GOOD WHILE YOU CAN: A friend was so squeamish when seeing blood, that he once fainted during blood sampling…
JOB SATISFACTION: Many work simply to make a living, to earn money to make spending time on what they are…
Simple advice for how NOT to be confused by the often incoherent, exaggerated, self-contradicting and simply false words (of the…
BLESSINGS (福报) refer to GOOD karma created, WITH attachment to rewards. Thus, they are LIMITED in nature. (福报有限) MERITS or…
Me: Happy rebirthday? Amituofo :-] Friend: Journeying closer towards dissolution [of this life] :-[ Me: No no no… journey to…
To be unpleasantly disappointed, always expect help from others. (Not that you will never get ever help, but if you…
For the sake of all, be pro-wisdom (which is pro-truth) and pro-compassion. Those who are severely skewed away from reality,…
A short story with fictitious names… Tom claimed that Dick’s published thoughts were misunderstood by Harry, rationalising them by making…
Wow! The irony of the idea, that there is such thing as ‘responsible gam[bl]ing’ at any age, since some older…
Advice to a beginner Dharma class participant: ‘Don’t read books (and see videos) that are likely to misrepresent the Dharma…
A hallmark of good Dharma students is that they correct their teachers immediately when mistakes are found, lest other students…
Reply to a Dharma class participant (of the ’48 Vows Of Amituofo’ course: http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2016/12/the-48-great-vows-of-amituofo-6th-run-boundless-blessings-for-this-life-the-next, which has an average of about…
To a Dharma friend on humility: ‘As long as yet to be great like the Buddhas, we have no reason…
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