Category: Photojournal
Wrathful flames of Wisdom burning away raging passions, Acala is the Immovable Wisdom King. (不动明王) The fearsome Destroyer of Delusion.*…
The Cintamani*… fulfills any wish in concord with the Dharma, represents the boundless power of the Dharma, reminds us to…
The first picture… the Buddha at rest (with eyes closed?) The Awakened One… always in peaceful repose. The second picture……
Three Perspectives of a Fatherly Buddha Image From Chapter Three of the Lotus Sutra: I tell you, Shariputra, I am…
Skanda Bodhisattva faces the Buddha in the main shrine, because he guards the Buddha. Skanda Bodhisattva faces the last page…
Kindly Guanyin Homely Chenrezig Motherly Avalokiteshvara ‘My mother is Guanyin to me when she prays to Guanyin for me.’ –…
Eyes glaring. Fists clenched. Brows frowning. Muscles rippling. What are the Vajrakumaras ‘mad’ at? Not you, or me, or himself,…
In a bus… Where to? For what conventional reasons do you journey? So what when you get there? In a…
The first picture: favourite view at home: open shelves of stuff for opening the mind The second picture: favourite view…
Penguin books’ designs are getting really clever and cool these days. Gone are the days of Penguin’s stuffy bookish image….
A Buddha image on the computer reminding me to blog with compassion and wisdom, reminding me to surf with compassion…
I’ve handled plenty of real guns before, while serving obligatory National Service in the Navy as a gunner cum seaman,…
It struck me that the Hannya mask (left picture) I bought in Japan resembles Batman’s mask (right picture: DVD box…
There was a solar eclipse yesterday. Traditionally, the Chinese (and even Indians) call the phenomenon ‘the heavenly dog eating the…
Three intriguing reads from 2008, which remind me of Jianxie’s reviews: The Atheist Delusion: http://moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=1738 The Beginning of Faith: http://moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=1737…
(Caution: Lame irreverent humour ahead) On the left is an ‘asso’, the poor result of unmindfully sitting wet on a…
Over the top X’mas-ish CNY festive deco at Plaza Singapura? Why do humans ‘need’ festive days to celebrate? Because it…
A Zenny white Buddha image On a Zenny white iMac Makes me think of ‘iBuddha’ Of the Buddha I can…
This is the first photo I snapped with my iPhone… with the protective film on. It looked nice enough to…
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