Tag: defilements
__ Further Reflections 34: Choose the three antidotesof generosity, compassion and wisdom.Refuse the three poisonsof greed, hatred and delusion. 35:…
Glasses: Super Short Story #522 As he was new to wearing glasses, he was slow to notice how quickly dust…
Super Short Story #501: Vacuum While the floor was free from dust, the robot vacuum cleaner was full of dust…
Erosion: Dharmagram #174 Erode the boulders of defilements into sands and dusts, and eventually transform them into fertilisers for…
Sands: Dharmagram #168 Even if gradually, diligently and eventually erode and wash away the sands and dusts of defilements…
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…
Wandering Thought #105: Nobility May the nobler qualities in us appeal to the nobler qualities in others, so as to touch…
Wandering Thought #77: Freedom The first existential prison we truly enter is not external; but internal – within our constricted…
He took it for granted, that the washing machine will clean everything, forgetting that even the washing machine needs occasional…
The Buddha once explained how the feelings we have can be classified in many ways, and how we can have…
A mountain casting a shadow on a mountain A mountain in the light ‘creating’ a mountain in the dark Reminds me…
Maybe we are imperfect, which is why we love the imperfect. [1] Is this a sickness or a virtue? Maybe…
I haven’t watched ‘Rain Man’ yet, though I know it’s a classic film for understanding the nature of autism. Knowing…
In ‘The Question: The Five Books of Blood’ by Greg Rucka, Renee Montoya, who takes on the persona of the…
From ‘Wonderland’, which is a spin-off story based on ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ by Tommy Kovac and Sonny Liew are…
< Dust of the X-Men An SMS conversation with a friend: Sophie: Monday… Arghhh… Shi’an: How about this… Monday might…
Eyes glaring. Fists clenched. Brows frowning. Muscles rippling. What are the Vajrakumaras ‘mad’ at? Not you, or me, or himself,…
Are washing machines by default the cleanest machines in the world, given that they are fed detergents regularly? Turned out…
There is a full page in ‘Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1’ (by Robert Kirkman) which seems to accidentally portray the…
The Stuff of Monsters I must admit I’m pretty fascinated by monster lore – not so much because the creatures…
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