Tag: wisdom

A donkey’s strength renders him trapped, to be a beast of burden, fed and used. (Two of his hooves bound…

Question: Does the Buddha teach a systematic way of cultivating wisdom? Answer: The Buddha’s teachings are valuable precisely because they…

From His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, ‘Compassion is not a luxury, it is a necessity for human beings to…

Q: Is helping my enemies the right thing to do? A: It is right, provided that it doesn’t harm anyone, and…

If the lotus symbolises spiritual purity, as it blossoms despite roots in mud (which represents defilements), does the offering of…

About once or twice a year, I get calls from strangers, directed from people who don’t know the answer, who…

Q: Some Buddhists like to cast lots, e.g. at Guanyin temples. Are these lots’ words from Guanyin Bodhisattva? A: There…

(Thank you, Scorpio East, for the premiere tickets!) Though ‘Aftershock’ retells the terrible tragedy of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which…

Q: I was not aware that the purpose of life is to realise True Happiness (via enlightenment). I thought all along…

These ideas came to mind on which leadership model to use for Buddhist organisations… 1. We should use the Dharma…

These thoughts came to mind while visiting the Taipei Palace Museum: That exhibited is more that the stuff itself. What…

Upon entering Dharma Drum Mountain’s resource library is an interesting artwork. It’s called 心经影壁 or ‘Wall of Images of the…

The Six Perfections (Paramitas) are essential qualities to be practised and perfected for the realisation of True Happiness (Buddhahood; Nirvana;…

In ‘Green Hulk/Red Hulk’ by Jeph Loeb, one of the most mysterious yet useless characters in the Marvel comics universe,…

(The first verse is somewhat a haiku!) The most important parts of Iron Man are not made of iron –…

Give a fool access to the net, and he searches for nonsense. Give the wise access to the net, and…

Don’t talk about your ‘great wisdom’ if you do not have the slightest compassion for the weakest beings. Don’t talk…

When it comes to sharing the Dharma, how do we know what, and how to share, and if what we…

Form is emptiness; (色即是空) Emptiness is form. (空即是色) Form is not different from emptiness;（色不异空） Emptiness is not different from form. …

Happiness is a kind of look in the eyes, a way of looking at life, a wisdom embodied. Happiness is…