Tag: wisdom

06
Jul
2010

Taiwan Adventure (7): Heart Sutra in Binary Code

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…

05
Jul
2010

Summary of the Six Perfections

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

15
Jun
2010

Are You a Watcher?

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

17
May
2010

Ode to Iron Man

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

17
May
2010

How Do You Use the Net?

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

10
May
2010

Don’t Talk about Your ‘Great Wisdom’

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

10
May
2010

How to Share the Dharma?

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

16
Apr
2010

The Heart of the Heart Sutra Between Its Lines

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. …

15
Apr
2010

Happiness is…

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

08
Apr
2010

The Key of No Key

In ‘Halo: Uprising’ by Brian Michael Bendis, a captured soldier saves the Earth using the key of Osanalian, which is…

01
Apr
2010

Humanity, Humility, Honesty

Visited St. Patrick’s School again, a couple of days ago, to give a presentation on the Buddhist perspective of life…

11
Mar
2010

From Asanga to Maitreya, Shantideva to Nagarjuna

Talking about compassion, how can we not mention how Acharya Asanga had carefully licked the maggots out of a dog’s…

08
Mar
2010

Wisdom of Forgiveness

I used to be quite a severely unforgiving person. (Fortunately, things have improved greatly since.) The slightest bit of evil…

25
Feb
2010

Logo for ‘A Tit for a Tat’ Series

Presenting the logo for Moonpointer.com’s ‘A Tit for a Tat’ series! If you have ideas for a better design, do…

23
Feb
2010

Goodness & Truth

Good intentions are not good enough if they arise from delusion. This is why Buddhism pays attention to both goodness…

23
Feb
2010

What’s Always Cool?

This is one of my favourite Batman scenes from the 1966 TV series. Watch and listen carefully. It’s side-splittingly hilarious!…

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…

24
Nov
2009

The Four Reliances

The Four Reliances Do not rely on the individual, but on the Dharma Do not on the words, but on…

23
Nov
2009

What Makes Us Human

At what point is technology too much? It seems inevitable that technology will not just be extensions of our bodies…

04
Nov
2009

Being Blameless Among the Blameful

Ray: What’s the best way to attain inner peace despite being in the midst of those who have a blaming…