Category: Mix

04
Jan
2017

Buddha Head Fruit

#ssInterestingFacts #1: Sugar-apples (custard apples)are also called ‘Sakya’ (释迦), as they are shaped somewhat similar to Sakyamuni Buddha’s (释迦牟尼佛) crown. Among…

04
Jan
2017

God’s Open Secret

It is an open but often unspoken secret that the devil is as powerful as God in god-versus-devil faiths, because…

04
Jan
2017

How My Father Debated A Preacher

A stranger in a park tried to ask my Dad to go to church, saying that Jesus is his saviour….

04
Jan
2017

More Mindful

You can’t be mindful  of how you lose mindfulness because you were not mindful enough… but you can be mindful…

01
Jan
2017

跨年

媒体把2016立为一个多灾多难的一年。 其实我也不知是不是。 天灾人祸多半是人为。 人类比较会指责反而不会反观。 自己的盲点总看不到。 朋友在八月时不幸中风。 右边的身体行动不便,讲话也很模糊不清。 她只大我两岁。 那天在医院她看到我们就一直在哭。 本来是控制好的情绪,一下子就乱了。 脑子一片空白。 平时安慰的角色是她当的,这次换我了。 说真的我是实在不会安慰人。 并且对一个不会佛法的人,我能说什么。 说什么都很假,很敷衍。 初学佛时,我只祈求理解经藏无障碍。 没想求辩才或讲解无碍。 我想我错了。 即使精通经藏但不会传达佛意有何用? 这位朋友我怎么帮?…

13
Dec
2016

Personal Voice

On this in the article – ‘I have had classmates hang their head in resignation and discredit their own ability…

13
Dec
2016

转轮法王

末法时期不会有转轮圣王。 所以要愿生法轮常转,正法永住,有转轮法王(佛)的极乐世界! 阿弥陀佛。

09
Dec
2016

Handwriting

The Neatness Vs Tidiness Paradox: Life is too short to write too neatly. Life is too short to read the…

09
Dec
2016

How To Lose Good Friends?

How to lose good friends who correct your mistakes for your own good? Keep ignoring their relevant advice until they…

09
Dec
2016

Not Lost In Translation

Reply on some feedback on a translated work: ‘As written in the introduction page, the translation aims to follow “the…

09
Dec
2016

Special: Super Short Story #430

Super Short Story #430: Special The only special thing about him is that he thinks she is the only special person in…

09
Dec
2016

Hip Bag

A bag is a bag until a hip brand’s name is on it. Then it becomes a hip bag. Often,…

07
Dec
2016

Wisdom Of Masses?

Democracy assumes wisdom of masses to always be enough to win over and transform delusion of the masses. As history…

07
Dec
2016

Expectations Checked

Dashed expectations are just reality checks. There is no need to see anyone other than the enlightened as high up…

07
Dec
2016

9 Facebook Pages

Wow! Just realised I’m running 9 Facebook pages. Do take a look and like if you fancy them! [1] The…

07
Dec
2016

Humans Scarier Than Ghosts?

Some people keep saying ghosts are not scary, that humans are more scary. Er…. to be fair, most ghosts are…

24
Oct
2016

Robotics For The Spiritualistic?

In a world when all mechanistic work has been taken over by robots, the only jobs left are in the…

19
Oct
2016

Dunno: Super Short Story #380

Super Short Story #380: Dunno He said ‘I dunno…’ in a hesitant way, as if he did know or might…

19
Oct
2016

Strange Love: Super Short Story #379

Super Short Story #379: Strange Love She loves animals so much, that she could not bear the thought, much more…

19
Oct
2016

Strangeness

Over the years, I have come to accept that there are really many strange people (i.e. who are difficult to…