04
Jan
2017

Start Listening

The 三慧 Three Wisdoms begin with listening… 闻慧:Wisdom of Listening (and reading) for learning 思慧:Wisdom of Contemplation for internalisation 修慧:Wisdom…

04
Jan
2017

Create Different Sparks!

Though the more or less similar fireworks mark the end of a year and the beginning of another, we must…

04
Jan
2017

Buddha Head Fruit

#ssInterestingFacts #1: Sugar-apples (custard apples)are also called ‘Sakya’ (释迦), as they are shaped somewhat similar to Sakyamuni Buddha’s (释迦牟尼佛) crown. Among…

04
Jan
2017

‘Green’er Tea

Bring your resusable bottle and glass straw! (Koi cold oolong and green tea with aiyu.) 

04
Jan
2017

God’s Open Secret

It is an open but often unspoken secret that the devil is as powerful as God in god-versus-devil faiths, because…

04
Jan
2017

How My Father Debated A Preacher

A stranger in a park tried to ask my Dad to go to church, saying that Jesus is his saviour….

04
Jan
2017

More Mindful

You can’t be mindful  of how you lose mindfulness because you were not mindful enough… but you can be mindful…

04
Jan
2017

At Any Time: Super Short Story #431

Super Short Story #431: At Any Time Because he kept thinking he could do it at any time, at no…

01
Jan
2017

跨年

媒体把2016立为一个多灾多难的一年。 其实我也不知是不是。 天灾人祸多半是人为。 人类比较会指责反而不会反观。 自己的盲点总看不到。 朋友在八月时不幸中风。 右边的身体行动不便,讲话也很模糊不清。 她只大我两岁。 那天在医院她看到我们就一直在哭。 本来是控制好的情绪,一下子就乱了。 脑子一片空白。 平时安慰的角色是她当的,这次换我了。 说真的我是实在不会安慰人。 并且对一个不会佛法的人,我能说什么。 说什么都很假,很敷衍。 初学佛时,我只祈求理解经藏无障碍。 没想求辩才或讲解无碍。 我想我错了。 即使精通经藏但不会传达佛意有何用? 这位朋友我怎么帮?…

29
Dec
2016

Liberation

Rebirth means recurring redeath too, if liberation is not attained in time by the end of this life. May all…

29
Dec
2016

Review

Why not review your life now, to make amends now, to do better now, since you might not live to…

29
Dec
2016

Message

Anyone of any age, unless yet to learn anything, or refuses to reflect… has no message to share. May we…

29
Dec
2016

Matter

Why should what does not matter at all right at the end be seen to matter so much now? Should…

29
Dec
2016

Preparation

Challenging might it be when facing the end of days, prepared and thus courageous we must be, to face the…

29
Dec
2016

Naivety

Why keep pining for more to come later? Why not go for more of what you truly want now? (Of…

29
Dec
2016

Essentials

About middle age, it is surely time to decide what are the essentials for focusing the rest of this life…

29
Dec
2016

Change

We still do change and still can change, so do change for the better now despite your young, middle or…

29
Dec
2016

Maturity

We truly mature and start to live our lives when we realise the main problem with our lives are our…

29
Dec
2016

Facts

Dream on, yes, but realise realisable dreams too, sooner than later… for this fleeting life is like a dream, too…

29
Dec
2016

Mortality

The truth is, the ‘too young’ already die ‘too often’, which makes the idea of being younger or older hardly…