Tag: mindfulness

The billboard in the photo seems to be that of a distorted beer bottle, which blurly reflects the traffic… which…

If only the winds can chime and carry the name of Amituofo But it takes the compassionate to be mindful…

In the movie ‘Minority Report’, the featured world of the near future is such that wherever you go to, your…

Last Saturday, after giving an almost full day course to guides on guiding in a Buddhist temple, I had about…

Is one who suffers fools gladly one who is gladly a fool? Q:  What if someone is unreasonable? Should we…

Photos: At Citylink & Suntec City We made a ‘grave’ mistake today, of assuming that the last day of the…

While on a cab with two colleagues to AMK Hub after today’s Pure Land class, we were chatting among ourselves…

Sorting notes today, I got a long paper cut again. You can even die from a serious paper cut. Serious!…

Walking near Stirling Road, strange blue lights on a long and incredibly zig-zag walkway in the dark caught my eye….

Photo: A Sri Lankan-styled Buddha image atop an office cubicle Settled but upright Silent but mindful Still but radiant

Some eat to live, some live to eat, but you can eat towards enlightenment! Disclaimer: The diet described here has not yet…

A Dharma friend recounted the first time she stepped into a Chinese Buddhist temple out of interest to learn chanting….

Above: [Stele with a Buddha & two Bodhisattvas, Eastern Wei (534–50 CE), Limestone, overall height 310 cm, Collection of the…

Something simple happened a couple of days ago, that upon hindsight, seems more significant than not. I was seated at…

While chatting with Sophie over dinner at Yes Natural (a healthy vegetarian food restaurant) this evening, she asked if it…

‘Scold! Scold! Scold!’ Listen… listen… listen… Gosh! He’s right! May I accept the fault-finding graciously. No need to get mad…

The water gun shaped as a sentient being made me think… What do I load myself with? Just water (and…

Previously (link: Walking : With Mindfulness), we discussed about us city folks having the tendency to walk while doing something…

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…