While anticipating Coldplay’s March concert here, I re-listened to the song ‘Viva La Vida’ from their international bestselling album (of…
Wrathful flames of Wisdom burning away raging passions, Acala is the Immovable Wisdom King. (不动明王) The fearsome Destroyer of Delusion.*…
Previously (link: Walking : With Mindfulness), we discussed about us city folks having the tendency to walk while doing something…
The Cintamani*… fulfills any wish in concord with the Dharma, represents the boundless power of the Dharma, reminds us to…
The first picture… the Buddha at rest (with eyes closed?) The Awakened One… always in peaceful repose. The second picture……
Click to enlarge We booked a lunch date with Enso Kitchen on Sunday. The place wasn’t very hard to find but…
In ‘Superman: Camelot Falls’ by Kurt Busiek, Superman resists a spell by repeating a ‘mantra’ (taught by J’onn Jones) that…
The super weight of ‘The (Daily) Planet’ on his super shoulders daily? [This article is somewhat on evolution, and somewhat…
Three Perspectives of a Fatherly Buddha Image From Chapter Three of the Lotus Sutra: I tell you, Shariputra, I am…
Skanda Bodhisattva faces the Buddha in the main shrine, because he guards the Buddha. Skanda Bodhisattva faces the last page…
Kindly Guanyin Homely Chenrezig Motherly Avalokiteshvara ‘My mother is Guanyin to me when she prays to Guanyin for me.’ –…
Eyes glaring. Fists clenched. Brows frowning. Muscles rippling. What are the Vajrakumaras ‘mad’ at? Not you, or me, or himself,…
In a bus… Where to? For what conventional reasons do you journey? So what when you get there? In a…
During one of the telecasted auditions of American Idol Season 8, a girl entered the audition room, like most others,…
Ever since the distribution of free newspapers began, people would flock in the mornings like bees towards the handout spots…
There is this lady whom I’d encountered a few times in the subway train. She would be very engrossed in…
The first picture: favourite view at home: open shelves of stuff for opening the mind The second picture: favourite view…
A Tit for a Tat ( 6 ) Tit: (To a toddler) See? The sky is so high! Tot: Why?…
A Tit for a Tat (5) Tit: (To a toddler) Do you prefer me (Tit) or Tat? Tot: Hmmm… Tat!…
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