Tag: Anicca

14
Nov
2013

Size: Super Short Story (265)

Super Short Story (265): Size He knew it was right not to give away or throw out his oversized shirts…

14
Jul
2013

Fashion: Sam & Sara #400

Sam & Sara #400: Fashion Sara: Should I keep this piece? Sam: Well, it might come back in fashion. Sara:…

14
Jul
2013

Plagiarism

In ‘Hitchcock’, the imagined biographical movie of the inventive Alfred Hitchcock, he utters this line to his wife – ‘Self-plagiarism…

14
Jul
2013

Change: Super Short Story (215)

Super Short Story (215): Change Since he had changed much over the years, she wondered which person she really loves….

26
Apr
2013

Doppelganger Buddhas

Ted in ‘How I Met Your Mother’ says to his buddies, ‘Look we’ve all been searching for the five doppelgangers…

21
Apr
2013

Fleeting Moments

If the second hand is fleeting moment to moment, the minute hand is also fleeting moment to moment, with the…

17
Oct
2012

Super Short Story (91): Performance

Super Short Story (91): Performance The investment ad’s disclaimer reads, ‘Past performances are not indicative of future performances.’ This is…

12
Oct
2012

Super Short Story (81): Change

Super Short Story (81): Change She was surprised that he had changed since they last met years ago, while he…

19
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (47): Affair

Although she was beside him, she was thinking of someone else – the past version of him. She wondered if…

05
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (30): Book

He stopped reading her stuff because he thought he could already read her like a book, forgetting that she is…

28
Aug
2012

Super Short Story (8): Healer

Forgetting that death is eventual, that it can come all too sudden, he was contented that he was ‘completely healed’,…

07
Mar
2012

Can You Hug The Sky?

多年以前有一位朋友到楚布寺去覲見剛剛坐床的大寶法王。 不知道是怎樣的因緣,他突然問了小法王一句: “我可以抱你嗎?” 只有七歲的小法王靜靜地回答:“你可以抱住天空嗎?” ~摘自噶瑪噶舉之家 我們就是為了幻化的事物忙一輩子,以為可以抓住什麼, 但就是留不住,終其空空忙碌一生。 A summary of the above in English: Someone visited the then seven year…

18
Oct
2011

The Middle Way Today

S: Message to friend discussing about 2012: “We might die the next second! Between now and 2012 or beyond, many…

04
Oct
2011

Can’t Lose What You Haven’t Got

S: ‎Depeche Mode in ‘Lilian’ sung, ‘Pain and misery always hit the spot. Knowing you can’t lose what you haven’t…

03
Oct
2011

Old Man!

He sits idly at the coffee shop, with an already empty cup, Just looking around… He had spent so many…

25
Aug
2011

Diamond Dust

I love how this piece of news is flipping perceptions around: http://independent.co.uk/news/science/candles-shine-new-light-on-diamonds-2339499.html Diamond dust forged in candle flames ‘Magical’ transmutation…

25
Aug
2011

Sunyata

Sunyata (Emptiness) = Anicca (Impermanence) + Anatta (Unsubstantiality; Non-self) Anicca refers to all physical and mental phenomena not being with…

02
Aug
2011

Glamour Shots

I find shows featuring makeovers for glamour shots on TV amusing… not that it’s a joke that these makeovers do…

27
Jul
2011

Surreality

Nothing is more surreal than the shimmering lights of the city, and its colourful cars and people fleeting by. Nothing…

01
Mar
2011

He Is Like Death

There is a stranger in the house. There is an uninvited guest in the house. There is a phantom cockroach…