11
Jul
2017

Xian Tea

Once, a school teacher looked at my pinyin name while marking attendance and called out for ‘神仙’. In that context,…

11
Jul
2017

Silhouette’s Reflection

Reflection or silhouette or both or neither or…

11
Jul
2017

One Thought Per Moment

Since in each moment, our minds can only hold one thought, why not, as much as possible, choose to be…

11
Jul
2017

Backbreaking Cleaning

If these guys are cleaning, is this a startling example of how fancy building designs can be hazardous and back-breaking…

11
Jul
2017

Nianfo Stick

Stick for gently tapping shoulders of the dozing to awaken them during coming Nianfo retreat. (To be used like a…

11
Jul
2017

Initiative

INITIATIVE: In 1997, without seeing any job vacancy ad, I wrote in to 11 Buddhist organisations asking for full-time Dharma…

11
Jul
2017

LV(egan) Not

How to commercially ride upon the names of great deceased masters, while fragmenting their works in seemingly bad taste… though…

05
Jul
2017

Stonepeace (856-865)

[856] Unless you look further and think deeper, your perception of ‘truth’ remains controlled by your information sources. [857] If…

05
Jul
2017

Stonepeace (846–855)

[846] All suffering is needless, due to greed, hatred and delusion, which are also needless. [847] When clear questions are…

27
Jun
2017

No Opinions?

Danny Rand of ‘Iron Fist’ sharing a Zen saying (in episode 1), so he claims. The closest Chinese equivalent I…

27
Jun
2017

False Afflictions

As afflictions (烦恼) from (physical) pain (痛) and (mental) suffering (苦) arise from the three poisons (三毒) of transient greed…

27
Jun
2017

Coloured Books

Of what colours and which shades are the various chapters you remember of your past? Do you shrinkwrap them too?…

27
Jun
2017

Cause & Effect

诸法因缘生, 诸法因缘灭。

27
Jun
2017

Own Self

The Buddha didn’t word it exactly that way. However, indeed, we don’t even truly own our ‘selves’ in terms of…

27
Jun
2017

Think Free

Remain one of the crowd. Follow mainstream media religiously. Just kidding! Look wider, closer and deeper. Always think freely.

27
Jun
2017

Escape The Ordinary

欣求极乐,了脱生死,转凡成圣,速成佛道,广度众生。

27
Jun
2017

Shoes?

Wonder if such shoes that look abandoned come from abrupt dumping due to preference for new ones, or generosity to…

27
Jun
2017

Leaf

There is truly no randomness; there is truly only cause and effect. Even how a leaf falls exactly; even how…

27
Jun
2017

Journeying

Journeying is not just going to a goal. Journeying is already go(al)ing.

11
Jun
2017

Start Writing: Super Short Story: #437

Super Short Story: #437: Start Writing If the important lessons you have learnt in life are not too many to…