Tag: demon

07
Apr
2023

Is The Often Tearing Gyomei Himejima A Compassion ‘Demon’?

_ Be Careful Not To Become A Compassion ‘Demon’(别成慈悲魔)https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2014/10/compassion-demon _

04
Feb
2020

Demon: Super Short Sayings (5)

Demon: Super Short Sayings (5) Demonisersdemonisethemselves.

30
Apr
2018

Be Demon Free

心魔不起,外魔不生。 If inner demons (of greed, hatred and delusion) do not arise, outer demons are not born. From 入川法師《助念實操講解》第3講 (全3講)…

09
Mar
2015

Truly ‘Dracula Untold’

‘Men do not fear swords. They fear monsters… Sometimes the world no longer needs a hero. Sometimes what it needs…

08
Mar
2014

Insidious

Watching ‘Insidious 1 & 2’, I tried to figure out who are what are really the insidious ones. The malevolent…

31
Oct
2013

Wound: Super Short Story (258)

Super Short Story (258): Wound Looking at his healing wound, he wondered if there is some good god making it…

06
Apr
2013

Imaginary Friend & Enemy

He beseeches an imaginary friend, a deified almighty being to ward off an imaginary enemy, a demonised almighty being… who…

14
Mar
2013

Batman’s Tough Love

From ‘The Dark Knight Returns: Part 1’, a news feature says this, ‘[Bruce] Wayne [who is Batman], who sponsored Dent’s…

05
Feb
2013

Were-whatevers

In the movie ‘Werewolf: The Beast Among Us’, Daniel reads this from a book, ‘But just as the beast lives…

03
Aug
2011

International Demonisation

When in China, a TV program caught my attention, that focused on demystifying myths. It was about the cultural belief…

27
May
2011

Bubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble

Saw a modern gangland movie version’s retelling of Macbeth, which I studied in school years ago… A case of listening…

27
May
2011

On Sir Johannes Krauser II of DMC

A short review of the movie ‘DMC (Detroit Metal City)’: Acting as a demon from hell, and singing the dark and…

08
Feb
2011

‘The Others’ Syndrome As Ours Too

‘The Others’ present a taut horror story of the extremes of demonisation (without demonic ‘demons’). The protagonists, whose roles we…

28
Sep
2010

The Inconceivable Compassion Of The Enlightened

From the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln260/Vimalakirti.htm) are lesser known but some very surprising and illuminating teachings: ‘… Then the Licchavi…

10
Aug
2010

A Monster Koan

In the movie ‘The Cave’, a parasite takes upon host humans, gradually taking over their bodies and minds entirely. A…

20
Jul
2010

Do You Have Unnamed Demons?

Language is an interesting tool. As much as it expresses, it can also limit… when words seem to be in…

17
May
2010

What Matters Most

Best words of wisdom from the third Shrek movies, by Arty: Just because people treat you like a villain, or…

28
Apr
2010

Deal with the Devil Anyone?

A deal with the ‘devil’ appears good, so that it will be tempting enough to sign it, but will never…

08
Mar
2010

‘A Serious Man’ with Serious Doubts?

‘A Serious Man’ is a seriously quirky yet enjoyable award-winning black comedy that centres on the nature of faith in…

14
Dec
2009

Cat Suspect

A Tit for a Tat (75) Tit: What is that suspicious-looking cat doing? Tat: Looking at us suspiciously! Tit: Is…