Tag: Buddha-nature
In Buddhism, our truly indestructible ‘essence’ is not a soul, but Buddha-nature, that is no ‘dark matter’, but brilliant potential,…
From ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ by Charlie Mackesy: If home is where the heart is,and…
Reference: Dharmagram #337 May all take reference to their Buddha-nature and all Buddhas. (From Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations’)
Cycles: Dharmagram #299 Nature and nurture go in cycles. Only by nurturing Buddha-nature’s potential do we break free.
Clarity: Dharmagram #276 If the Buddhas already see us clearly, it is us who need to see our Buddha-nature clearly.
Hope: Dharmagram #154 In Buddhism, there is always hope as there is always Buddha-nature awaiting to be realised in all,…
Alienation: Dharmagram #70 From the title card of ‘The Alienist’… We too are alienated from our true nature, which is…
Nature: Dharmagram #60 Unnerving opening quote of ‘Scarface’. The consolation is that the opposite is true too, that no one…
The removed public phone and sign reveal how white the wall was. An unexpected case of ‘out with the old’…
BELIEF: We must have faith in who we want to be, not necessarily believing that such a person already exists,…
This quote might be ‘natural’ for many humans, but it is not the point. The key point is that we…
A rather super moon (on 15 November 2016), after the Understanding Amituofo class, above the Buddha, as snapped by class…
From the movie ‘The Rewrite’… Keith: I would argue late bloomers may have had talent all along. It was just…
In the movies ‘Laggies’ is this dialogue… Counsellor: So, I’m becoming concerned that Annika is not taking steps towards her…
To a Dharma friend: ‘I used to be like you, to look at faults more than virtues of others. The…
Like a skilful transcendental Bodhisattva whom, as instructed by the Buddha, does not reveal his identity – so as to…
Even clean water left long enough on clean tiles will collect dirt from the surrounding air. As it dries up,…
The James Bond movie franchise had its 50th anniversary recently. Despite many themes of death in their titles, say, ‘You…
‘Wu wo’ (无我) means ‘non-self’ (Anatta), which means that as there is no enduring (unchanging) entity in our body and…
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