Condemnation: Dharmagram #108 Never ‘con(damn)/condemn’ yourself and others by doing what shouldn’t be done to yourself and others, or by not doing what should be done to yourself and...

Frankenstein: Dharmagram #71 The poignant epigraph of the ‘Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus)’, the classic novel by Mary Shelley, is a quote from John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’, that existentially questions why one was ‘created’ by a...

因果偈    无有如果， 唯有因果。 不信因果， 自食苦果。 Verse On Cause & Effect [There] are no ifs, [while there] are only causes [and] effects. Not believing [in the karmic law of] cause [and effect, and thus sowing the wrong seeds, there will be] self-eating [of] bitter fruits [reaped...

Super Short Story #445: Blessings When it struck him that the dripping of the leaking tap was the trickling away of his good karma to have clean water, he saved the water and quickly got it...

What does not happen now is not karmically meant to now. What does happen now does not determine your response...

有缘才会见面； 没有初次见面； 只有再次见面；...

  ‘人不为己，天诛地灭’是常被误解与误用的一句话。 其实，如果‘人人（只）“为”己，（才真）天诛地灭’!请看原意: http://tinyurl.com/y9ptnfbf ‘(If) one does not cultivate (or conduct) oneself (virtuously), heaven and earth (i.e. nature) will (karmically) “punish” and destroy (one).’ This is an often misunderstood and...

DO GOOD WHILE YOU CAN: A friend was so squeamish when seeing blood, that he once fainted during blood sampling for a small vial of blood during a checkup. Of course, blood donation is out for him. Another friend was once underweight by less than a kilogram, thus unable to donate blood. So it...

BLESSINGS (福报) refer to GOOD karma created, WITH attachment to rewards. Thus, they are LIMITED in nature. (福报有限) MERITS or meritorious virtues (功德) refer to PURE karma created, WITHOUT attachment to rewards. Thus, they are IMMEASURABLE in nature....

Have compassion for all – not just the suffering ones; but the ones creating suffering for others too – because their misguided acts not only arise from their suffering, they karmically create more suffering for themselves...