Tag: Pure Land

28
Apr
2010

The Most Amazing Thing

Q: Of all things in life, what is the most amazing? A: That a man, seeing others die all around…

22
Mar
2010

‘A Message’ from Amitabha Buddha?

Here’s my Dharma interpretation of a song by Coldplay to share: A Message My song is love Love to the…

22
Mar
2010

One Vow Needed

Q: As Amitabha Buddha has 48 vows and Medicine Buddha has 12 vows, when one practises either teaching, must he…

22
Mar
2010

A Better Place Available

S took a cursory glance at some alternative seats at the centre, where there is a full-house Dharma talk about…

16
Mar
2010

Feel at Home in Samsara?

A Tit for a Tat (117) Tit: I don’t feel that I belong! Tat: Belong where? Tit: Here – in…

27
Feb
2010

Why I Didn’t Promise Her

A friend once asked me to never forget her, to remember to ‘save’ her, to lead her to Pure Land,…

22
Feb
2010

How to Avoid Being Zombified

‘The Serpent and the Rainbow’, which is supposedly based on a true story (By Wade Davis) tells of a terrifying…

26
Jan
2010

India Adventures (9): Wish for the Same Sky

I still remember the crisp air and clear stars. From that night under the Kent’s wintry sky. This night, under…

23
Jan
2010

An Encounter with a ‘Holistic’ Healer

That there is only one truth does not mean that all so-called ‘truths’ are one. – Stonepeace Recently, I met…

18
Jan
2010

How to ‘Live Long(er) & (Truly) Prosper’

The most urgent matter, upon attaining this precious but brief human rebirth, is to safeguard one’s future rebirth. – Stonepeace…

14
Dec
2009

From Dystopia to Utopia

Yah: I’m apolitical. Jat: More like apathetic. Yah: Apathetic to politics… yes! Jat: How so? Yah: Because politics has too…

30
Nov
2009

Have You Learnt the Dharma Long?

Part 1: Shi’an: To the temple please. Cabbie: Are you a Buddhist? Shi’an: Yes, are you one too? Cabbie: Yes….

13
Nov
2009

Talk: An Introduction to the Amitabha Sutra

Date: This Sunday: 15 November 2009 Time: 9.00-11.30 am Speaker: Shen Shi’an Venue: Pu Ji Si Buddhist Research Centre (39…

09
Nov
2009

Just Motivation

Lyrica: Sigh… how did all these happen? So sad… all this drama! Zeph: it’s okay – all these are motivating…

21
Oct
2009

Remembering Past Lessons / Reel to Real

In long drawn drama serials, it is rare that there are no sudden misfortunes via traffic accidents or great illnesses…

18
Sep
2009

My Long To-Do List

There are 25 Word files to edit. There are 8 emails to reply. There are 2 PDF files to read….

16
Sep
2009

A Thousand Sights & Sounds

Recently, we visited a friend’s house, and noticed that he bought a new TV. Teasing him, I said that from…

14
Sep
2009

A Full Bright Moon, Radiant with Compassion

Last evening was the second time I watched ‘A Full Bright Moon’ (Yilun Mingyue) – as the opening film of…

08
Sep
2009

Thanks from a Fellow Student (Me)

Sharing the Dharma in person is great spiritual training for me. Through it, I learn to be more generous, patient…

03
Sep
2009

What Do You Mean?

A Tit for a Tat (44) Tit: Why do you do the things you do, that others might misunderstand as…