Tag: compassion

There is this half-bridge-half-ramp structure at the Toa Payoh train station underpass. It is a monument ‘celebrating’ witlessness. For some…

She said her main Dharma practice is based on Bodhicitta. Yet she can’t agree on animal liberation, non-animal-testing and working…

Super Short Story (206): Haze She said she saw a silly man jogging in the haze, breathing in the pollution….

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

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From the movie ‘Being Flynn’: Jon: I’m doing the same thing here as you are, [spending night in homeless shelter]…

Super Short Story (132): Survey He doesn’t do generic surveys, especially those that ask worldly questions, offering limited answering options…

Jonathan Safran Foer’s book title does not imply animal-eaters only eat animals and do nothing else. It is a way…

Interesting quotes from ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’: Uncle Ben: You’re a lot like your father. You really are, Peter, and that’s…

Sam & Sara #388: Cruciality Sara: He says being vegetarian isn’t crucial at all! Sam: He should tell that face…

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

Sam & Sara (Previously ‘A Tit for a Tat’) #361 Sara: Why didn’t you walk that way? Sam: There was…

A slightly edited dialogue… E: I like KFC: http://www.kfc.com S: That’s the marketing website. Here’s the ‘real’ deal: http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/f-kfc_fried_videos.asp E:…

From the movie ‘Precious’ – Here Precious: And, I never really talked in class before. Ms Rain: How does that…

Review of ‘Walking The Tiger’s Path – A Soldier’s Spiritual Journey in Iraq’ By Paul M. Kendel The war genre…

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

He believes his meat-eating teacher can ‘deliver’ the beings eaten to Pure Land. If this is true, shouldn’t he eat…

A name I came up with some years ago. Happy to see it still being in use… MaitriPals – Pals…

As they have perfect and immeasurable compassion, and as we have Buddha-nature like them, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will never…

‘If it’s true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?’ So says…