V: … Thank you very much for your Dharma sharing… As I was mostly busy at the reception area, I did not get to hear everything. As usual, the little I heard was refreshing. S: One of my self-imposed criteria for Dharma-sharing is that it must always be presented in a refreshing...

A message shared with a friend: Usually, it’s my habit to play safe, to recommend Dharma classes and talks personally only when I have heard the speakers teach before. Unfortunately, I had come across some popular speakers who misrepresent the Dharma quite seriously. I had to spend more...

Question: Hi Teacher Shen, Amituofo. Did you watch ‘Journey to the West’ last week? I know you said that we should not learn Dharma from TV drama serials but there was a part which was rather interesting. When 唐三藏 (Master Xuanzang) left 女儿国 (Country of Women), he told Bajie...

A Tit for a Tat (359) Tit: If the Dharma is so good, why are you not practising it? Tat: Because I’m no good. Tit: If the Dharma is so good, why don’t you try practising it? Next aT4aT: https://moonpointer.com/new/2012/06/its-free Previous aT4aT:...

末法末法，人末法不末。 正法正法，人正法自正。 ~ 石子 Dharma Ending Age, Dharma Ending Age… It is in the humans that the Dharma ends, the Dharma itself has no end. Right Dharma Age, Right Dharma Age… It is when the humans are upRight, that the Dharma Ending Age naturally becomes Right. –...

Here is the original Hippocratic Oath taken by ancient Greek doctors, from which modern versions of doctors’ moral conduct is derived: I swear by Apollo, the healer, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability...

Some friends comment that some relics (sairira) of great Buddhist masters look quite ordinary, in the sense that they can’t even tell for sure if they can be considered holy relics. The truth is, it is indeed not easy to verify if some remains are truly of unique significance. However,...

Gift of vegetarian mid-autumn mooncakes on teacher’s day from M & Y with post-it that says ‘法轮常转’ (May the wheel of the Dharma keep turning) and thanks :-] My thanks in return, for appreciating the Dharma-sharing! Let’s all keep turning the wheel in ways we can!...

He spent $200,000 to change his kidneys via the black market. He spent 1 second to fall and die. What bitter irony! Wealth is no true refuge. Health is no true refuge. What is your true refuge? Amituofo… Amituofo… Amituofo… Amituofo is the name of the Dharmakaya of all...

There is much discussion accounting for the drop of 9.2% of Buddhists here, according the latest census. Wanted to write a lengthy piece on it but decided to just write this – ‘Let’s step up work in Buddhist education and urge one another to do the same.’ All other...