Pic: 4ocima Taking refuge in the Buddha, may I be with the awakened Taking refuge in the Dharma, may I…
Thank goodness that we can only have one thought at a time. Imagine if 84,000 thoughts assault you at the…
Logo: The golden rays represent Amitabha Buddha’s light of compassion shining via his 48 great vows, which radiate in all…
A colleague I sat near apologised for her work desk being messy. I grinned and replied that it doesn’t matter,…
I knew of this video from a friend’s blog. To my utmost surprise, it totally moved me to tears. Later,…
Pic: Which is scarier – a grinning Cheshire Cat or a scowling one? I saw two stationary stray cats gazing…
If only Samsara does not has… Piles of laundry to wash Piles of trash to throw Piles of dishes to…
If there is no car around, would you wait for the light to turn green before crossing? As a pedestrian…
Yup, Depeche Mode does slow and sentimental songs too. The above is the moving studio version of ‘Come Back’ from…
The Million Dollar Question… Q: How do you admit how you cheated if you did not? A: You don’t –…
In ‘Kin: The Good Neighbours’ by Holly Black, Aubrey the faerie father tests the human Thaddeus on his love for…
From ‘The Twilight Zone: The Monsters are Due on Maple Street’ by Rod Serling (adapted by Mark Kneece), a mysterious…
In a sense, the movie ’17 Again’ is yet another version of ‘Groundhog Day’. A 37-year-old man gets to relive…
I once had an acquaintance in school. She had long straight flowing hair and big round eyes. The usual attributes…
Shakespearean English, unless spoken at plays, sounds like bad English in our times. Modern English, unless spoken in our times,…
In ‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor’, the first emperor of China (Qin Shihuang), after his conquest of the…
Here is an analysis of the poll question ‘Should All Taking the Three Refuges Commit to the Five Precepts Too?’…
< Movie poster for Singapore The award-winning movie ‘School Days with a Pig’ tells of a teacher’s special project for…
Pic: Dharma Hall at Kong Meng San After lunch, just before the next round of the Pureland retreat recitation, I…
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