某人问‘做慈心观会不会不小心爱上观想的对象?’ 若成如此，那慈心观就做错了。为何呢？ 因慈心应偏十方而不偏一人； 否则即是私心而非无缘大慈，同体大悲。 慈心是无量心；非偏心! Someone asked if it’s possible to fall in love with the subject while doing metta…
In long drawn drama serials, it is rare that there are no sudden misfortunes via traffic accidents or great illnesses…
Who bears within them enmity: ‘He has abused and beaten me, defeated me and plundered me’, hate is not allayed…
A Tit for a Tat (54) Tit: Do you have any regrets over it? Tat: Nope. Tit: Why? Tat: Because…
K: There is nothing wrong with getting ahead. But there is nothing wrong with not getting ahead either. S: I…
An SMS-email dialogue… C: I having bad headache from an infection, but I dreamt of of you last night. How…
White wallpaper tiger ghost: http://facebook.com/shenshian I got a nice Facebook message recently… Dear Sir, … I live in Phoenix Arizona,…
From Depeche Mode’s ‘The Sun and the Rainfall’: Things must change. We must rearrange them. Or we’ll have to estrange…
Guy: I think girls are evil. I know some guys are as well, but girls are more evil. What do…
In the poignant but touching story of ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, a young girl realises that she was conceived specifically to…
What I learnt from the espionage movie ‘The Message’… ‘Don’t shoot me. I’m just the messenger!’ That said, sometimes, the…
During and after the Dharma@Cinema session of ‘Handsome Suit’ recently, there were some issues raised on whether one’s appearance is…
Didn’t he proclaim her to be his ‘one true love’? How could he love someone else after her passing away?…
This is not a love story. This is a story about love. – Movie tagline “This is a story of…
Every time I come to hear the poignant opening lines of Erasure’s ‘Piano Song’, I’m reminded of how the Buddha’s…
Literally using ‘illegal aliens’ for addressing multiple socio-political issues such as xenophobia (irrational fear of strangers), ‘District 9’ is a…
Humorous educational video for those not easily offended by the ‘F’ word In ‘Madman Volume 1’ by Michael Allred, Frank…
The graphic travelogue ‘French Milk’ by Lucy Knisley is mostly about her good times during her six week vacation in…
Question: I’m helping to run a meditation group. Are there any ways to help create spiritual friendship within the group?…
(How to Create Your Own Time Machine Moments) In the charmingly creative film ‘The Science of Sleep’, a guy invents…
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