Camera test… of nothing but interplay of lights and shadows… in their infinite nuances.
PAIN: Paradoxically, although an ulcer on a lip made it more painful to eat, it made me more careful when…
DO GOOD WHILE YOU CAN: A friend was so squeamish when seeing blood, that he once fainted during blood sampling…
JOB SATISFACTION: Many work simply to make a living, to earn money to make spending time on what they are…
Er… I respect the rose too… so much that I would never buy a plucked or cut flower of any…
Simple advice for how NOT to be confused by the often incoherent, exaggerated, self-contradicting and simply false words (of the…
Paradoxical page, as it was NOT intentionally left blank TOO, as you can see. Might as well put an interesting picture…
A simple proof in Dan Ariely’s ‘Payoff’ illustrating why genuine motivation is more ‘spiritual’ than material. So, what really motivates…
BLESSINGS (福报) refer to GOOD karma created, WITH attachment to rewards. Thus, they are LIMITED in nature. (福报有限) MERITS or…
Me: Happy rebirthday? Amituofo :-] Friend: Journeying closer towards dissolution [of this life] :-[ Me: No no no… journey to…
To be unpleasantly disappointed, always expect help from others. (Not that you will never get ever help, but if you…
For the sake of all, be pro-wisdom (which is pro-truth) and pro-compassion. Those who are severely skewed away from reality,…
A short story with fictitious names… Tom claimed that Dick’s published thoughts were misunderstood by Harry, rationalising them by making…
Wow! The irony of the idea, that there is such thing as ‘responsible gam[bl]ing’ at any age, since some older…
Take the swiftest path to complete illumination – the Pure Land path – to the perfect Dharma school with the…
Wrote Ursula K. Le Guin, ‘It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey…
Advice to a beginner Dharma class participant: ‘Don’t read books (and see videos) that are likely to misrepresent the Dharma…
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