The below are common questions that some Dharma students might have, based on hypothetical scenarios: Q: What if a family member…
A: Someone wants to meet me. B: For what purpose? A: The purpose is not clear. B: There is no…
Note: In case any reader is in the category of (1) and/or (2) below, please note that this article does not…
If one had created a misunderstanding with inappropriate words, one should just clarify with appropriate words. (Sometimes, no other action…
What do you do if you have a horrible boss who is making life hell for you, while you need…
From ‘The Straits Times’, ‘In TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), the heart is believed to control the mind and hence all…
A good journalist is supposed to just record and report an event, and not be part of the action? But…
Heard of a Dharma student thinking of giving up attending one of his teachers’ classes due to embarrassment over some…
When things get routine, we wish for the non-routine. When things get routinely non-routine, we wish for the routine. A…
多年以前有一位朋友到楚布寺去覲見剛剛坐床的大寶法王。 不知道是怎樣的因緣，他突然問了小法王一句： “我可以抱你嗎？” 只有七歲的小法王靜靜地回答：“你可以抱住天空嗎？” ～摘自噶瑪噶舉之家 我們就是為了幻化的事物忙一輩子，以為可以抓住什麼， 但就是留不住，終其空空忙碌一生。 A summary of the above in English: Someone visited the then seven year…
From Woody Allen’s movie ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’: Cristina: Are you very religious? (They are gazing at a image of the…
I notice that the poor in many countries tend to have more kids. Perhaps it is due to lack of…
Saw an online chat between Buddhist friends about the possibility of doing a Dharma project. One said, to ‘make aspirations’….
As am currently teaching the Dharma 5 evenings a week, and 6 for this one, I end up training myself…
Question: What do you do if you don’t know whether to give up or hang on to something? Answer: How…
I like the scene of reviving the old book – simply by reading it. Just as books give us a…
I came across a someone who is supposed to teach the Dharma via video clips online. I say ‘supposed’ because…
Like a cloud that shapeshifts, the object, issue or person we perceive changes too, along with our angle of perception,…
Q: How to overcome anger? A: Look deeply for the reason why you are angry. If the reason is external,…
I don’t know if there is already a term for the receiving end of Freudian slips, but I have been…
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