Tag: meditation

I became serious in my Pureland practice after attending classes and doing in-depth research into the subject. For a couple…

I came across the book ‘Eat Sleep Sit’ at Bugis Junctions’ Books Kinokuniy. Am not ashamed to say I was…

Last Sunday, I attended a refresher lesson on meditation. I was pleasantly surprised and reminded of the powerful benefits of…

A friend remarked that in this Dharma-ending age, he was surprised that a recent Pureland retreat was not as well…

Not too hard or it would be painful Not to soft or it would be sagging Not too high or…

It is partly due to the ‘endless’ clinging to self-delusion, to constant wondering about the nature of the ‘self’, which…

Pic: Which is scarier – a grinning Cheshire Cat or a scowling one? I saw two stationary stray cats gazing…

Pic: Pureland Retreat at Dharma Drum Singapore Sometimes, you don’t really need a meditation cushion. Sometimes, you don’t really need…

Fai: My casual observation: both ‘practice’ and ‘studies’ seems to work well as means for ego inflation. I have met…

In ‘Superman: Camelot Falls’ by Kurt Busiek, Superman resists a spell by repeating a ‘mantra’ (taught by J’onn Jones) that…

Ever since the distribution of free newspapers began, people would flock in the mornings like bees towards the handout spots…

There is this lady whom I’d encountered a few times in the subway train. She would be very engrossed in…

The Wonderful Dharma of the Daruma Doll Hi ni! fu ni! Fundan Daruma ga Akai zukin kaburi sunmaita! Once! twice!…

The Case of the Acccidental Cloud Meditation Other than the truth that you can realise this truth the clouds have…