Tag: attachment

Question: About these words… ‘Seeing Form itself as Emptiness produces great Wisdom so one does not dwell in birth and death;…

We are born empty-handed come, and we die empty-handed. Yet, most of us are born with clenched fists, and some…

Super Short Story (197): Ghost Theory He has a theory about why many ghost stories feature women with long hair….

Super Short Story (189): Bad Day He encouraged his bipolar friend: ‘There are good and bad days for everyone unenlightened….

In the movie ‘The Words’, an old ex-writer, who became estranged from his wife many years ago, after she accidentally…

In ‘To Rome With Love’, a man is featured with a powerful voice, with which he sings in the shower….

From ‘Young Blood’, as covered by Birdy… Lyrics: We’re only young and naive still We require certain skills The mood…

Super Short Story (169): Reader On the flight, she noticed the passenger to her diagonal left in front was reading…

Super Short Story (149): Luggage He thought it is very telling what one brings in one’s carry-on bag, if only…

Super Short Story (130): Paper As she was attached to wrapping the gift only with wrapping paper, she couldn’t see…

Super Short Story (128): Protection He continues overprotecting his phone’s screen, as if it didn’t have a protector film on,…

Super Short Story (127): Away Because she kept thinking he’s the one who got away, he didn’t really get away…

Super Short Story (124): Heels She found it bizarre how some other women seem to like walking around quickly and…

Super Short Story (67): Fantasy She didn’t dare get too close, lest her fantasy of how he  is, or the…

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

He was tired of agents recommending him places supposedly only five minutes from the station. What he wanted was a…

There again after many years, but seeing instead an unfamiliar renovated place with strangers, he realised what he missed wasn’t…

Question: A shelf above my desk gave way and broke my Bodhisattva image. Can I glue the pieces and continue…

At a Buddhist temple, there were prayers… that ended with the wish for all beings to be well and happy….

I heard a Dharma teacher saying she encountered another Dharma teacher, who was supposedly an expert in teaching about emptiness,…