Tag: suffering

11
Apr
2012

Contrast Of Comfort Zone Vs Dukkha

E: Perhaps, what Prince Siddhartha’s (the Buddha-to-be) Father did was right! Provided him only with the best of best things…

07
Mar
2012

Ever Wish Your Boss Were Dead?

What do you do if you have a horrible boss who is making life hell for you, while you need…

07
Mar
2012

The Journalist Paradox

A good journalist is supposed to just record and report an event, and not be part of the action?  But…

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…

16
Jan
2012

Worth More Money?

Advice to a reader, who lost money unfairly in a deposit: If you feel that the time wasted and unhappiness…

14
Nov
2011

Wonderful True Love

True love is so wonderful, that it brings joy, that it relieves suffering. True love is so wonderful, that if…

14
Nov
2011

Love Will Save Us All

If one loves another truly, one would truly not suffer at all, as true love is completely unconcerned with self-suffering,…

08
Nov
2011

Just Karma

The law of karma is perfectly just because it is perfectly natural and unbiased; not created or directed by any…

03
Oct
2011

Beyond Poor Puppies & Chickens

‎ ‘Hi guys, i need to ask you a huge favor. Please circulate this photo on your Facebook profiles and…

27
Sep
2011

To Love is to Suffer?

Woody Allen said this – To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one…

20
Sep
2011

Dharma of The Blower’s Daughter

Above is Ni Andong’s cover of Damien Rice’s ‘The Blower’s Daughter’, whose original version is below. Ni’s take sent some shivers…

02
Aug
2011

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

George Michael’s ‘Waiting for That Day’ is also known as ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’, as that line…

27
Jul
2011

Bless You

What happens when a guru blesses you? Does he or she passes over some special force of goodness or merits,…

20
Jul
2011

True Meaning Of Freedom

In ‘Pride of Baghdad’ by Brian K. Vaughan and Nikko Henrichon, this posed question is central to the story –…

20
Jul
2011

Rebirthday

A Tit for a Tat (326) Tit: My handphone just broke down! Why does this have to happen on my…

27
Jun
2011

Truth Or Denial?

From ‘Paying For It’ by Chester Brown: Chester: I’m not in any way suffering… Friend 1: You’re repressing. On a subconscious…

06
Apr
2011

Dharma Snippets

Learnt and expanded from a Dharma talk: 放下不是放弃。 Right ‘letting go’ is not ‘giving up’; it is acceptance of things…

29
Nov
2010

Dream-like But Not A Dream

What is the difference between an actual flower and a dream flower? That’s the only difference… The first is an…

29
Sep
2010

India Adventures (20) : Exaggerated Liking

During one of the revision classes of HHDL’s teachings, the Geshela said attachment is an exaggerated form of liking. The…

29
Sep
2010

The Clinging Claw of Attachment

During the animal liberation, he seemed particularly angry in the box of many crabs. Using a pair of tongs to…