Tag: demon

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

Demon: Super Short Sayings (5) Demonisersdemonisethemselves.

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)…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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