Tag: Buddha-nature

From the chorus of ‘Only When I Lose Myself’ by Depeche Mode: ‘It’s only when I lose myself in someone…

In the movie ‘Blood: The Last Vampire’, it was suggested to Saya (the half-vampire human) by her teacher that (vampirical)…

In ‘Timbuktu’ by Paul Auster (illustrated by Julia Goschke for an abridged graphic novel), the author explores human homelessness via…

As featured in ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’, through of human birth as brothers, Wolverine and Sabretooth were mutants with opposite inclinations….

It is partly due to the ‘endless’ clinging to self-delusion, to constant wondering about the nature of the ‘self’, which…

Shortly before the screening of ‘Handsome Suit’ this year was ‘Penelope’ last year – another real gem of a movie…

Pic: 4ocima Taking refuge in the Buddha, may I be with the awakened Taking refuge in the Dharma, may I…

Yup, Depeche Mode does slow and sentimental songs too. The above is the moving studio version of ‘Come Back’ from…

Catch the new single from Depeche Mode’s new album ‘Sounds of the Universe’ (performed live in Berlin). After the lyrics…

Great still above from ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ with wonderful colours and composition. (I snapped this off the TV while preparing…

Last Saturday, after giving an almost full day course to guides on guiding in a Buddhist temple, I had about…

For the second time this week, I was at St. Joseph’s Institution International, invited to give an hour’s presentation to…

Above: [Stele with a Buddha & two Bodhisattvas, Eastern Wei (534–50 CE), Limestone, overall height 310 cm, Collection of the…

Jen: Your ‘imaginary funeral parlour notice’ [see below] is well written, seemingly depicting dying. Is it due to the way…

Are washing machines by default the cleanest machines in the world, given that they are fed detergents regularly? Turned out…

It struck me that the Hannya mask (left picture) I bought in Japan resembles Batman’s mask (right picture: DVD box…

From ‘Chandni Chowk To China’, Delusion to Realisation http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,7665,0,0,1,0 In the first Bollywood-Hollywood action-comedy ‘Chandni Chowk To China’, an Indian…

As inspired by the film ‘The Dhamma Brothers‘ , here’s a simple poem, in tribute to those who seek spiritual…

As long as you are unenlightened, you can become [more] enlightened. – Stonepeace Quite some simple but ultimate consolation! Our…

At 2 am of new year’s day as part of a post ‘Spiritual Countdown’ to 2009 celebration program, I helped…