Tag: Pure Land

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Venerable Faxian is one of the great pilgrim translators who travelled from China to India to retrieve many precious sutras….

< Dust of the X-Men An SMS conversation with a friend: Sophie: Monday… Arghhh… Shi’an: How about this… Monday might…

From the movie ‘Fanboys’ is the dialogue below. The guys were planning to steal a copy of Star Wars Episode…

For supper last night, I reheated a prepacked naan using a microwave oven. To my shock, when it was ready,…

This life, this suffering, this Samsara, is nothing but a springboard to Pureland. Pureland is nothing but a springboard to…

A friend remarked that he was feeling angry during the day, but when he arrived at the temple in the…

Class: We often hear Buddhists greet each other with ‘Amituofo’, aspiring to be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss…

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

Wyn: What do you do on Friday? Yah: I attend Pureland practice and study sessions (Pureland Practice Fellowship) every Friday….

If there is an almighty perfect creator, the universe would be a perfect work of art. If the universe is…

Thank goodness that we can only have one thought at a time. Imagine if 84,000 thoughts assault you at the…