Tag: humility
I remember when I first visited a primary school built by Tzu Chi Foundation many years ago, the Buddhist volunteer…
I’m reminded that it is good to leave my email address when I comment online… so that I can receive…
I haven’t watched ‘Rain Man’ yet, though I know it’s a classic film for understanding the nature of autism. Knowing…
The tour guide cum driver we had for the temple pilgrimage trip admitted to us on the very first day,…
In ‘Ip Man 2’, Ip Man (pronounced as Ye Wen in Chinese) shares some counter-intuitive wisdom on the arts of…
Visited St. Patrick’s School again, a couple of days ago, to give a presentation on the Buddhist perspective of life…
Thus have I heard, the below poignant and hilarious accounts are based on actual concurrent incidents… The old abbot of…
Question: A friend’s son lately found it difficult to focus and could not study at all. He had applied leave…
An SMS-email dialogue… C: I having bad headache from an infection, but I dreamt of of you last night. How…
A Tit for a Tat (48) Tit: Why is it that we seem more clear-minded that others? Tat: Is it…
Last evening was the second time I watched ‘A Full Bright Moon’ (Yilun Mingyue) – as the opening film of…
At night, the Moon shines with borrowed (reflected) light from the Sun. This day,* the Moon stole (blocked) the same…
Question: As long as f I take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha within, it doesn’t matter to me…
A Tit for a Tat (12) Tit: You’re not very gracious – never apologising for your mistakes! Tat: You’re not…
Busy hands with multiplied actions. Busy with extended compassion. Calm palms with collected stillness. Calm with unified wisdom. (In each…
The Unseen ‘Ip Man’ Behind Bruce Lee? http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,7663,0,0,1,0 The mild-mannered ‘Ip Man’ (pronounced ‘eep-mun’: Bruce Lee’s martial arts master) is…
At 2 am of new year’s day as part of a post ‘Spiritual Countdown’ to 2009 celebration program, I helped…
My English is not perfect, but I know some friends with worse English. Knowing there is a need for them…
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