23
Sep
2009

Everyone Wants to be Happy

No one wants to be unhappy due to being greedy. Some might not know how to be content. Why not…

18
Sep
2009

My Long To-Do List

There are 25 Word files to edit. There are 8 emails to reply. There are 2 PDF files to read….

18
Sep
2009

What Does It Mean?

What does it mean… that I’m not sure what it all means? that I’m not sure how I’ll figure it…

17
Sep
2009

Do You Like You?

A Tit for a Tat (49) Tit: If you meet someone exactly like you, would you like you? Tat: I’m…

17
Sep
2009

Are You More Clear-minded?

A Tit for a Tat (48) Tit: Why is it that we seem more clear-minded that others? Tat: Is it…

17
Sep
2009

True Experience of Space & Time

Anicca… is the truth of impermanence. From the perspective of time, nothing is unchanging, while Nirvana is timeless. Dukkha… is…

17
Sep
2009

Loving Thoughts, Speech & Actions

Unless there is loving-kindness in our speech, it’s going to come out wrong. – Ayya Khema Unless there is loving-kindness…

17
Sep
2009

Kalama Spirit for All Buddhist Traditions

Ren: Are you a Mahayanist? Yah: Yes and no. Ren: Meaning? Yah: Yes, because I believe in the Mahayana sutras…

16
Sep
2009

When Best Friends Become Worst Colleagues

Worldly friendship becomes truer friendship when it transforms to be spiritual friendship. – Stonepeace A colleague (who is a friend)…

16
Sep
2009

A Thousand Sights & Sounds

Recently, we visited a friend’s house, and noticed that he bought a new TV. Teasing him, I said that from…

15
Sep
2009

The Demon Haunted You

‘…Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.’ – Stephen King Monsters…

14
Sep
2009

‘Thirst’ for Desire & Death

The film ‘Thirst’ (which won the 2009 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival) is another story that uses the…

14
Sep
2009

A Full Bright Moon, Radiant with Compassion

Last evening was the second time I watched ‘A Full Bright Moon’ (Yilun Mingyue) – as the opening film of…

12
Sep
2009

Daughters of Death

I saw her holding the catalogue like a new found treasure. As she sat down in the train, happily, she…

12
Sep
2009

Something in Your Eyes

… I saw something in your eyes I’m sure Something in your eyes I wanted it for myself You and I…

11
Sep
2009

More Metta Needed

Jat: What do you think of people who can’t take jokes? Yah: Why? Who had you offended? Jat: That petty…

09
Sep
2009

Emulating Bodhisattvas’ Diet

Question: Is there a need to be a full-time vegetarian if I pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Dizang Pusa)? Am asking because…

09
Sep
2009

Only Thing to Do

在一个无聊的下午中 面对一堆无聊的事物 唯我能做的就是念佛 安抚着那不在焉的心 阿弥陀佛! On a boring afternoon Facing tons of trivial brainless work The only thing I can…

08
Sep
2009

Thanks from a Fellow Student (Me)

Sharing the Dharma in person is great spiritual training for me. Through it, I learn to be more generous, patient…

07
Sep
2009

Samsara’s Drama

TV drama serials (or soap operas), creative as they can be in their story arcs, are at times predictable –…