I’m interpreting ‘You’ve Got The Love’ by Florence + the Machine my way, with ‘Lord’ standing for Lord Buddha, and…
心不老实即行不老实。 老实至心即老实修行。 When the mind is not earnest [forthright; honest; frank; straightforward], the practice [action] is not earnest. When the…
A strange man gesticulating wildly, almost hitting some but never really, somewhat intimidating but not really. Seems a little mad…
Once a strand of hair falls off, it is totally disregarded, no longer cherished, even deemed as disgusting and useless….
Question: There is this organisation headed by a lady who is said to be able to connect to the Jade…
Question: I am not very clear about equanimity as the last of the Four Immeasurable Minds. Does it mean being…
Question: My friend’s business partner cheated her of her money. She wants to send him to jail. Answer: If the…
Question: How do I cultivate loving-kindness for someone I dislike? Answer: It helps to remember that just as you suffer from…
Question: I’m impatient who say ‘nonsense’ as I have a strong sense of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. Answer: If you know what is…
A lesson learnt from ‘Anya’s Ghost’ by Vera Brosgol. There is an unseen ghost behind every seen or unseen ghost…
An unnerving passage by Steven Grant, in Warren Ellis’ ‘Scars’. ‘If they weren’t there and I saw them, there’s something drastically…
A cylinder seen from the top is just a circle, but just a rectangle when seen from the side. Only…
To fret over doing what has to be done many times before doing it is to suffer that many times…
May I be free from enmity and danger May I be free from mental suffering (e.g. fear, hatred, jealousy) May…
H: There is this guru in town (Geshe Michael Roach) who claim to use Buddhism to teach people how to…
Struck me that Muhammad Ali’s boxing philosophy of ‘Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee’ seems somewhat aligned to…
A friend forwarded to me an email from a Buddhist teacher, who advocated that evangelists should simply be ignored. I replied…
A: When you lose something in, you gain something else. There’s always balance in life. S: Actually, it’s not always…
To a Buddhist friend on disseminating news of a forum (slightly extended): ‘Even though the topic is of universal interest,…
If the world looks to economic sustainability in terms of contentment with the minimum over growth in terms of greed…
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