Tag: Bodhicitta

18
Oct
2010

The Path Harder to Travel

‘When two paths open up before you, always choose the hardest one.’ As uttered by a monk in the film…

18
Aug
2010

A Bodhisattva Paradox

From ‘The Mighty Avengers: Secret Invasion Book 1’ by Brian Michael Bendis is this diialogue, Journalist: Doctor, why did the…

02
Aug
2010

Passive Acceptance of Karma?

Some espouse this idea – ‘…他是真的欺骗我们,我们随他…’ (If they really bully or cheat us, we let them do it.) The idea…

08
Mar
2010

The Invisible Colour of Attachment

From ‘The Color of Earth’ by Kim Dong Hwa, a young monk poignantly thinks to himself when he realises he…

14
Jan
2010

‘The Blind Side’ Seen

‘The Blind Side’ tells the touching true story of how the once underprivileged and racially discriminated Michael Oher became a successful football…

26
Oct
2009

No Giving Up

Question: Sorry, I’ve done my best to help her. I’ve no more energy. I give up! Answer: No worries. Take…

14
Jul
2009

Nothing But Springboards

This life, this suffering, this Samsara, is nothing but a springboard to Pureland. Pureland is nothing but a springboard to…

11
Mar
2009

‘The Path’ of ‘Seeing Deep’

< click to enlarge Bodhicitta (Productions) has just released a compilation of their ‘greatest hits’ for free distribution, and will…

03
Jan
2009

Meaning : Of Life

In the book ‘The Meaning of Life’ by Terry Eagleton is this passage – “… we are in something like…

09
Dec
2008

Art : Self-Cherishing?

Jon: As an artist, I wonder is artists are necessarily self-cherishing by nature? Is there a difference between being selfish…

26
Nov
2008

Adventures : Japan Tales (17)

Now, Life is Living You?  When you walk by Higashi Honganji, you will see a huge billboard with these words…