Tag: compassion

01
Mar
2014

OMG: Super Short Story #322

Super Short Story #322: OMG ‘Oh my God!’ she exclaimed, ‘He does not exists! Because if there is an all-good, all-knowing…

05
Dec
2013

The Half-Assed Bridge

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

29
Nov
2013

Bodhicitta Vs Compassion

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

30
Jun
2013

Haze: Super Short Story (206)

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

06
Apr
2013

Is Compassion Attachment?

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

30
Mar
2013

New Guanshiyin Bodhisattva’s Universal Door & Heart Sutra Book

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03
Jan
2013

Gathering What Material?

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

11
Dec
2012

Super Short Story (132): Survey

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

16
Nov
2012

Sam & Sara #389: Eating Animals

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

15
Nov
2012

The Existential Spider-Man

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

15
Nov
2012

Sam & Sara #388: Cruciality

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

24
Aug
2012

Put Together Again

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

28
Jul
2012

Who’s Afraid Of Who?

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

25
Jul
2012

Sincere Stretching Of Compassion

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:…

05
Jun
2012

Some Precious Lessons

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

22
May
2012

Wrath Of War Vs Peace Of Mind

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

09
May
2012

‘Special’ Vegetarian Food?

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

02
May
2012

Deliver Me

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

02
May
2012

About MaitriPals

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

26
Apr
2012

Why Give Up?

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