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…
Does the Earth weep in floods and wail in tornadoes then? It’s no complete bed of roses then. Such is…
Even how we see ourselves is not how others see us. Though there are some commonalities, to a large extent,…
Genius classic yet modern book cover design depicting the paradox of censorship attracting attention to that censored. If you see…
A hallmark of good Dharma students is that they correct their teachers immediately when mistakes are found, lest other students…
In the end, the Dharma is about purifying our perception to develop perfect wisdom (by seeing form/emptiness properly), and about…
Reply to a Dharma class participant (of the ’48 Vows Of Amituofo’ course: http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2016/12/the-48-great-vows-of-amituofo-6th-run-boundless-blessings-for-this-life-the-next, which has an average of about…
Have compassion for all – not just the suffering ones; but the ones creating suffering for others too – because…
To a Dharma friend on humility: ‘As long as yet to be great like the Buddhas, we have no reason…
Reply to a Dharma class student on the credibility of some circulating Buddhist stories: ‘Even if some stories are true,…
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