Tag: humility

10
Mar
2020

Humility: Dharmagram #395

Humility: Dharmagram #395 The humble learn and improve.The proud learn not and stagnate.

31
May
2019

Death Reflections #22

From: ‘How To Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life’ by Seneca, edited, translated, and introduced by James…

05
Mar
2019

Alternation: Super Short Story #542

Alternation: Super Short Story #542   He could sense arrogance arising when he recovered slightly. He could sense humility arising when…

21
Apr
2017

True Humility

To a Dharma friend on humility: ‘As long as yet to be great like the Buddhas, we have no reason…

23
Nov
2016

Shyness: Super Short Story #426

Super Short Story #426: Shyness He always knew that his so-called shyness was a subtle form of egoism – of…

28
May
2016

Weakness: PictureQuote #22

Scissors > Paper > Stone > Scissors > Paper… Know the ‘strength’ of the ‘weakness’ too.

24
Nov
2015

Humility: Wandering Thought #247

Humility: Wandering Thought #247 The middle path between being arrogant and being unsure is to always be a realistic, humble…

16
Nov
2014

Pride: Wandering Thought #140

Wandering Thought #140: Pride There is false pride and there is true pride. False pride arises from attachment to the ego,…

30
Jan
2013

Smug Smith

Drewscape’s short story in ‘Monsters, Miracles, Mayonnaise’. Reminds me of how, as much as we are anonymous to one another,…

22
Mar
2012

The First Buddhist Library I Came Across

The above is a 1995 photo by a school senior. This was how the library of Singapore Polytechnic Buddhist Society…

09
Jan
2012

The Stonecutter’s Story

He, a stone-cutter, saw a rich man gathering many luxuries, and wished to be like him. Suddenly, he became him….

12
Sep
2011

Doubly Humble

She assumed he had let go of the matter, so she let it go, not further resolving it, not realising…

25
Jan
2011

Blind, Deaf & Foolish

I am partly blind because I cannot see everything yet. May I be humble to remember this. I am partly deaf because…

14
Dec
2010

Healthy Monastic & Lay Interdependence

From Itivuttaka 4.8:  This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: “Monks, brahmans…

06
Dec
2010

Taiji Lesson #8

It is better to stand humbly low while moving stably than to stand tall and proud while moving rashly.

29
Nov
2010

Ego Trip & Fall

When one trips and falls, it’s easier to look for someone to blame, than to realise one was unmindful, as…

01
Nov
2010

Taiji Lesson #2

Another random lesson from Taiji class: To master Taiji faster, forget all your preconceptions… and even doubts, and accept the…

25
Oct
2010

Teachers As Students

It is heartening to see Dharma teachers attending talks and classes of other teachers, instead of just attending to their…

12
Oct
2010

The Translator Paradox

A good translator can be both satisfied and unsatisfied: unsatisfied with other translations seen, which urges one to come up…

29
Sep
2010

India Adventures (21) : Meeting the World’s Most Respected Buddhist

Here is my mini sharing of His Holiness Dalai Lama’s 2010 Southeast Asia teaching tour. I felt very fortunate to…