Category: Mix

A friend sent me the above with this question: Bwahaha… i wonder what’s the teacher’s religion? 😉 I replied: Oh,…

是日已过命已随减, 如少水鱼斯有何乐, 大众！ 常勤精进如救头燃, 但念无常慎勿放逸。 The above verse was chanted just before we concluded our 1-day Pureland retreat at Dharma…

On Monday this week, though it was a working day, we made sure we left home hands-free of any baggage,…

< Sri Lankaramaya Temple When it comes to the stuff that requires faith, most of us are naturally skeptical. Modern…

Last Saturday, after giving an almost full day course to guides on guiding in a Buddhist temple, I had about…

Last Saturday, I conducted what was almost a full-day class (from 9am to 4pm) for a group of thirty-plus Singapore…

Is one who suffers fools gladly one who is gladly a fool? Q:  What if someone is unreasonable? Should we…

It’s totally normal that many personal blogs are generous with photographs of the bloggers themselves, since they are visual as…

Photos: At Citylink & Suntec City We made a ‘grave’ mistake today, of assuming that the last day of the…

While on a cab with two colleagues to AMK Hub after today’s Pure Land class, we were chatting among ourselves…

For the second time this week, I was at St. Joseph’s Institution International, invited to give an hour’s presentation to…

Every time I recall how I got over trouble in mind (and health) in the past, it never fails to…

Sorting notes today, I got a long paper cut again. You can even die from a serious paper cut. Serious!…

Here is an ‘index’ of the articles shared via the Pureland Practice Fellowship’s mailing list so far (as on 9…

Walking past a specialised funeral accessory shop, Zig jokingly asked Zag to choose a paper shirt design for his funeral….

Gee: You’re too skinny! Let me transfer some fat to you! (Reverse liposuction!!?) Cee: Nooo! Thank goodness only merits can…

Some eat to live, some live to eat, but you can eat towards enlightenment! Disclaimer: The diet described here has not yet…

Fai: My casual observation: both ‘practice’ and ‘studies’ seems to work well as means for ego inflation. I have met…

A Dharma friend recounted the first time she stepped into a Chinese Buddhist temple out of interest to learn chanting….

Something simple happened a couple of days ago, that upon hindsight, seems more significant than not. I was seated at…