心魔不起，外魔不生。 If inner demons (of greed, hatred and delusion) do not arise, outer demons are not born. From 入川法師《助念實操講解》第3講 (全3講)…
First of two annual 1-hour talks introducing Buddhism to non-Buddhist students at St. Patrick’s School, as invited, as part of…
Second of two annual 1-hour talks introducing Buddhism to non-Buddhist students at St. Patrick’s School, as invited, as part of…
From ‘Meditations’, Book IV. 49 (Marcus Aurelius): ‘Be like the rock that the waves beat against but do not vanquish….
Page for the day from ‘The Daily Stoic’. Always be kind and wise to one and all.
Crossing: Dharmagram #77 Cross black and white to get to the other side. Cross birth and death to get to…
Complexity: Dharmagram #76 What seems simple can be complex up close. When seems complex can be simple up close.
Kimchi: Dharmagram #75 Maha-Vegan kimchi, free from animals (meat), their by-products, the five pungent roots and alcohol. More on understanding…
Glass: Dharmagram #74 Sunset via glass at Changi Airport Terminal 4, as reflected on more glass and seen through more…
Scream: Dharmagram #73 The screamer in the lithograph version of Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’, as if in shock, that he…
Wake: Dharmagram #72 When reminded of death, be it before, during and after WAKEs, may we further aWAKEn spiritually, to…
Frankenstein: Dharmagram #71 The poignant epigraph of the ‘Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus)’, the classic novel by Mary Shelley, is a…
Alienation: Dharmagram #70 From the title card of ‘The Alienist’… We too are alienated from our true nature, which is…
Star: Dharmagram #69 Like a star cluster, this is reflection of light from a streetlamp on a canal’s water surface…
Korean Food: Dharmagram #68 Maha-Vegan Korean temple food (at Oh My Cafe at B1 of Westgate, Singapore)
Awakening: Dharmagram #67 Thus, what truly needed is to AWAKE spiritually, not merely physically.
因果偈 无有如果， 唯有因果。 不信因果， 自食苦果。 Verse On Cause & Effect [There] are no ifs, [while there] are only causes…
Encouragement: Dharmagram #66 Gift and card. Thank you! Amituofo
Fragility: Dharmagram #64 All mind and matter in our world is eventually fragile due to the universal law of impermanence….
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