Tag: Stonepeace

Worldly friendship becomes truer friendship when it transforms to be spiritual friendship. – Stonepeace A colleague (who is a friend)…

This song (‘No Regrets’ by Robbie Williams) came to mind today, and I wondered what was memorable about it… before…

Perfect goodness (universal compassion) based upon perfect truth (universal wisdom) leads to perfect beauty (universal magnificence) – in the form…

Here are some lyrics in part from Moby’s bittersweet song ‘Slipping Away’ from his album ‘Hotel’: Open to everything happy…

True confidence arises only when one becomes one with the true/truth.* – Stonepeace * Total confidence is attained by realising…

Pic: 4ocima Taking refuge in the Buddha, may I be with the awakened Taking refuge in the Dharma, may I…

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

Leaving Kong Meng San monastery in the evening, I happened to turn around and saw a rainbow arching towards the…

While anticipating Coldplay’s March concert here, I re-listened to the song ‘Viva La Vida’ from their international bestselling album (of…

Kindly Guanyin Homely Chenrezig Motherly Avalokiteshvara ‘My mother is Guanyin to me when she prays to Guanyin for me.’ –…

The TV series ‘Samantha Who’ is about Samantha Newly, who sort of gets ‘newly reborn’ when she recovers from coma…

The initial critical mass needed for creating the actual critical mass is just one person – why not you? –…

Whether the weather be fine Or whether the weather be not Whether the weather be cold Or whether the weather…

If you are deluded that the deluded are so, are you not similar? – Stonepeace When you are petty towards…

A friend, despite being a movie buff, often falls asleep while watching DVDs that feature slower movies. Because he falls…

Cy: I don’t feel that I fit in here. Sy: Where? Cy: In this world. Sy: That might not be…

The Quest for a ‘Quantum of Solace’ In ‘Quantum of Solace’, James Bond, the otherwise stereotyped one, runs amok somewhat….

In the film “Tokyo!”, the middle story is called “Merde”. (“Merde” is French for “shit”, which is strangely synonymous with…

Photography as Skilful Means for Those ‘Born into Brothels’ Winner of the Best Documentary Feature (for the 77th Academy Awards),…

Some sayings on emptiness in the Buddhist sense, from Stonepeace – Emptiness is the nature of being empty of permanence….