Tag: defilements

20
May
2024

Choose Well (Jan 7)

__ Further Reflections 34: Choose the three antidotesof generosity, compassion and wisdom.Refuse the three poisonsof greed, hatred and delusion. 35:…

03
Dec
2018

Glasses: Super Short Story #522

Glasses: Super Short Story #522 As he was new to wearing glasses, he was slow to notice how quickly dust…

07
Sep
2018

Vacuum: Super Short Story #501

Super Short Story #501: Vacuum While the floor was free from dust, the robot vacuum cleaner was full of dust…

31
Jul
2018

Erosion: Dharmagram #174

  Erosion: Dharmagram #174 Erode the boulders of defilements into sands and dusts, and eventually transform them into fertilisers for…

25
Jul
2018

Sands: Dharmagram #168

  Sands: Dharmagram #168 Even if gradually, diligently and eventually erode and wash away the sands and dusts of defilements…

17
Apr
2018

Verse On Self-Purification 自清偈 

自清偈    清者自清, 浊者缘浊。 浊者愿清, 仍可自清。 Verse On Self-Purification The pure [are] personally [already] pure, the defiled [are only] conditioned…

26
Sep
2014

Nobility: Wandering Thought #105

Wandering Thought #105: Nobility May the nobler qualities in us appeal to the nobler qualities in others, so as to touch…

11
Sep
2014

Freedom : Wandering Thought #77

Wandering Thought #77: Freedom The first existential prison we truly enter is not external; but internal – within our constricted…

19
Sep
2012

Super Short Story (38): Machine

He took it for granted, that the washing machine will clean everything, forgetting that even the washing machine needs occasional…

19
Aug
2011

Our 108 Defilements

The Buddha once explained how the feelings we have can be classified in many ways, and how we can have…

29
Jun
2011

China Adventures (3): Mountain On Mountain

A mountain casting a shadow on a mountain A mountain in the light ‘creating’ a mountain in the dark Reminds me…

22
Nov
2010

A Perfect Sickness Or Virtue?

Maybe we are imperfect, which is why we love the imperfect. [1] Is this a sickness or a virtue? Maybe…

20
Jul
2010

We All Defective People

I haven’t watched ‘Rain Man’ yet, though I know it’s a classic film for understanding the nature of autism. Knowing…

22
Jan
2010

Into the Abyss?

In ‘The Question: The Five Books of Blood’ by Greg Rucka, Renee Montoya, who takes on the persona of the…

24
Nov
2009

Wonderland Dirt!

From ‘Wonderland’, which is a spin-off story based on ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ by Tommy Kovac and Sonny Liew are…

03
Aug
2009

Our Dusty Samsara

< Dust of the X-Men An SMS conversation with a friend: Sophie: Monday… Arghhh… Shi’an: How about this… Monday might…

17
Feb
2009

Vigilance : Dharma Guardian

Eyes glaring. Fists clenched. Brows frowning. Muscles rippling. What are the Vajrakumaras ‘mad’ at? Not you, or me, or himself,…

29
Jan
2009

Defilements : Hidden Grime

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

08
Jan
2009

Suspension : What Now?

There is a full page in ‘Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1’ (by Robert Kirkman) which seems to accidentally portray the…

17
Dec
2008

Adventures : Japan Tales (18)

The Stuff of Monsters I must admit I’m pretty fascinated by monster lore – not so much because the creatures…