Tag: Amitabha Buddha

(Picture: A Buddhist making lamp offerings at a Tibetan temple near Mayadevi Temple) May we always be mindful of Amita…

That there is only one truth does not mean that all so-called ‘truths’ are one. – Stonepeace Recently, I met…

Yah: I’m apolitical. Jat: More like apathetic. Yah: Apathetic to politics… yes! Jat: How so? Yah: Because politics has too…

Question: A friend’s son lately found it difficult to focus and could not study at all. He had applied leave…

In long drawn drama serials, it is rare that there are no sudden misfortunes via traffic accidents or great illnesses…

An SMS-email dialogue… C: I having bad headache from an infection, but I dreamt of of you last night. How…

Recently, we visited a friend’s house, and noticed that he bought a new TV. Teasing him, I said that from…

Last evening was the second time I watched ‘A Full Bright Moon’ (Yilun Mingyue) – as the opening film of…

在一个无聊的下午中 面对一堆无聊的事物 唯我能做的就是念佛 安抚着那不在焉的心 阿弥陀佛！ On a boring afternoon Facing tons of trivial brainless work The only thing I can…

Venerable Faxian is one of the great pilgrim translators who travelled from China to India to retrieve many precious sutras….

I became serious in my Pureland practice after attending classes and doing in-depth research into the subject. For a couple…

From the movie ‘Fanboys’ is the dialogue below. The guys were planning to steal a copy of Star Wars Episode…

While peeing into the ceramic urinal, I saw a small black dot near where my stream was going. I avoided…

Class: We often hear Buddhists greet each other with ‘Amituofo’, aspiring to be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss…

A friend remarked that in this Dharma-ending age, he was surprised that a recent Pureland retreat was not as well…

A friend asked me a couple of interesting questions. I thought I would share them with their answers here –…

Capital Tower* catching the setting sun, glowing like a pillar of gold. Reminds me of Amituofo, that supreme beacon of…

Thank goodness that we can only have one thought at a time. Imagine if 84,000 thoughts assault you at the…

Yup, Depeche Mode does slow and sentimental songs too. The above is the moving studio version of ‘Come Back’ from…

I once had an acquaintance in school. She had long straight flowing hair and big round eyes. The usual attributes…