Tag: Bodhisattva

I used to be quite a severely unforgiving person. (Fortunately, things have improved greatly since.) The slightest bit of evil…

The last cosmic scene of ‘Men in Black’ (which is the only part that stuck to me) reminds me of…

In ‘Batman: Gotham After Midnight’ by Steve Niles and Kelley Jones, Batman says this to Comissioner Gordon, ‘This is the…

When you’re born a lover You’re born to suffer Like all soul sisters and soul brothers… I’m not looking for…

Lawrence: [Seeing gun and bullets] I didn’t know you hunted monsters. Singh: Sometimes monsters hunt you. ‘The Wolfman’, like all…

The 1994 classic ‘Bodhisattva Vow’ by Beastie Boys: As I develop the awakening mind I praise the Buddha as they…

An imaginary verse on how a Bodhisattva might think: The only reason my heart is broken is because so many…

The first kind of Dharma worker thinks that Dharma work ought to be quiet and laid back, reflecting the serenity…

K: There is nothing wrong with getting ahead. But there is nothing wrong with not getting ahead either. S: I…

In the poignant but touching story of ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, a young girl realises that she was conceived specifically to…

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

Question: Is there a need to be a full-time vegetarian if I pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Dizang Pusa)? Am asking because…

The end lines of ‘Batman: Night Cries’ by Archie Goodwin and Scott Hampton read: ‘In the night, he listens. “Two…

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

In ‘Superman: Redemption’ (by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza and Walt Simonson), Superman hears the desperate prayers of an old lady…

In ‘Drag Me to Hell’, a girl who was just living another day in relative paradise before she encounters an…

Guanyin to Me My Mother is Guanyin to me because she prays to Guanyin for me. She isn’t really aspiring…

In ‘Cairo’ by G. Willow Wilson & M.K. Perker: Asaad: How much is too much to sacrifice? For someone you…

Here’s a re-telling of a Jataka Tale, with additional commentary at the end… Once upon a time, the Bodhisattva (future…

Is one who suffers fools gladly one who is gladly a fool? Q:  What if someone is unreasonable? Should we…