Tag: pain

16
Sep
2024

Some Principles For Success

__ Milk your suffering with contemplation for lessons to grow. __ Ensure your goals are aligned with goodness and truth…

15
Jul
2024

Give More & Take Less (Jan 16)

__ Further Reflections 91: With greed for worldy pleasuresand hatred of worldly pain cyclically,how can there be transcendence for spiritual…

10
Mar
2020

Mercy

MercyYou areat the mercyof yourself.

28
Aug
2019

The Power Of Goodbye (Madonna): Radio Dharma #1

Lyrics: Freedom comes when you learn to let go…You were my lesson I had to learn…Pain is a warning that…

17
Jun
2018

War: Dharmagram #142

War: Dharmagram #142 Behind monuments of war, power and glory, often forgotten are pain, fear and suffering. Never again, humans…

27
Jun
2017

False Afflictions

As afflictions (烦恼) from (physical) pain (痛) and (mental) suffering (苦) arise from the three poisons (三毒) of transient greed…

09
May
2017

Pain & Pleasure

PAIN: Paradoxically, although an ulcer on a lip made it more painful to eat, it made me more careful when…

08
Feb
2017

Ridding Pain

But when pain is unbearable, there is this supreme remedy for blissful healing, as can be seen at http://purelanders.com/2016/01/13/how-to-handle-pain-with-nianfo

16
May
2016

Pain: Wandering Thought #277

Pain: Wandering Thought #277: Just as physical pain is a reminder that there is something wrong with your body, that…

01
Mar
2014

Bizarre ‘Byzantium’

In the movie ‘Byzantium’, there was the suggestion that ‘sometimes death releases people’. Well, that’s the way a vampire seemingly…

24
Oct
2012

Super Short Story (99): Pain

Super Short Story (99): Pain He was wondering why it took so long for the ulcer on his lip to…

22
Feb
2012

How Much More Tears?

You cry when you are born. Because returning painfully is suffering. How much more tears? You cry when you are…

21
Apr
2011

Dead Meat?

It’s hard to know for how long animals’ consciousness can linger after being slaughtered. If an animal is attached to…

22
Nov
2010

The Magical Ulcer

The magical ulcer in my mouth seems to come from nowhere, to grow and grow. It doesn’t seem to go,…

27
Oct
2010

Is Bedside Conversion Okay?

If forced bedside conversion to another religion is okay according to some, is it okay if someone else does the…

26
Jul
2010

Do Plants Feel Pain?

Q: Why eat plants? Don’t plants feel pain too? A: Plants are life forms but not sentient life – in…

08
Jun
2010

Revisiting ‘How I Survived a Bloody Mess’

Yeas ago, I stuck a bright red sticker with the words ‘Namo Amituofo’ (Homage to Amitabha Buddha) on a dangerous…

15
Apr
2010

Straight to the Point!

My right wrist was very sore, with its tendons feeling tight. It’s a reoccurring occupational hazard due to heavy mouse…

10
Mar
2010

Two Monks Too Different

Thus have I heard, the below poignant and hilarious accounts are based on actual concurrent incidents… The old abbot of…

16
Nov
2009

The Chrysalis Effect

I would like to share what I call the Chrysalis Effect… From everything ugly and even seemingly disgusting (e.g. a…