Category: Quotes

Something funny because it was said seriously in the ‘Green Lantern’ movie: Bob: Watch your back. Hal: That’s impossible, Bob….

An interesting saying shared by a friend: 道心之中有衣食，衣食之中无道心. There is (spiritual) clothing and food (shelter and sustenance) within the heart…

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it. – Willie Mays Baseball is nothing…

自不在 而自在. [As one realises] there is no self, there is ease with one’self’. – Stonepeace Total realisation of non-self,…

Below is a passage I helped to translate to Chinese for Buddhist Library’s newsletter: Brightly shining, luminous is this mind,…

A friend visited a monastery in China, and came across a monk who told her that a couplet at a…

M: If one were to mind, wouldn’t that translate to more ‘mindfulness’ And if one were to take a ‘never…

Love those imperfect… because they can be perfect. Love those trying to be perfect… because they will be perfect. Love…

The lyrics of this song ‘Why’ by Enigma reminds me of Dhammapada verse 6 by the Buddha. Here are various…

In Digha Nikaya (I,164), the Buddha taught, ‘Those things about which there is no agreement, let us put aside. Those…

行善不昌，必有余殃，殃尽必昌； 行恶不殃，必有余昌，昌尽必殃。 If doing good does not lead to good fortune, there must be excess misfortune [due to past evil…

As long as there is an ego, there are demons. When there is no more ego, there are no more…

If you choose not to see the truth, are you good as blind then? If you choose not to hear…

If your idea of God is not a person, while most believe him as so, let’s not call him God,…

We shall not cease from exploration And the end to all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started…

A Tit for a Tat (125) Tit: Hey! Your phone is ringing again! Tat: Ignore it! Tit: Why? Tat: It’s…

Among all negative karma, that of killing is the heaviest. Among all positive karma, that for releasing life is the…

It is easy for the good person to do good deeds, but for the evil one it is difficult to…

Live a good honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a…

Financial planning is not just about amassing as much as possible. but giving as much as possible that which is…