Tag: wisdom

If only the winds can chime and carry the name of Amituofo But it takes the compassionate to be mindful…

In a ‘post-Lehman Brothers’ world, an investment ad in the subway ironically reads, ‘Be humble, the stock market is probably…

Is one who suffers fools gladly one who is gladly a fool? Q:  What if someone is unreasonable? Should we…

In the movie ‘Suspect X’, a brilliant mathematician plans an elaborate scheme that involves murder to help his love interest get…

Busy hands with multiplied actions. Busy with extended compassion. Calm palms with collected stillness. Calm with unified wisdom. (In each…

Wrathful flames of Wisdom burning away raging passions, Acala is the Immovable Wisdom King. (不动明王) The fearsome Destroyer of Delusion.*…

Penguin books’ designs are getting really clever and cool these days. Gone are the days of Penguin’s stuffy bookish image….

A Buddha image on the computer reminding me to blog with compassion and wisdom, reminding me to surf with compassion…

I’ve handled plenty of real guns before, while serving obligatory National Service in the Navy as a gunner cum seaman,…

Last week, we visited the Peranakan Museum for the ‘Serenity in Stone : The Qingzhou Discovery’ exhibition. Featured are 800…

Bing: Why is there paint over forgotten masking tape on this wall? Ding: The renovation guy must had been sloppy……

What’s the Meaning of Life? Once upon a time, there was a very small boy called Zeph, who wondered much…

There is a full page in ‘Invincible: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1’ (by Robert Kirkman) which seems to accidentally portray the…

After picking up Buddhism, I found my threshold of being able to withstand seeing others in suffering to have reduced…

Jon: As an artist, I wonder is artists are necessarily self-cherishing by nature? Is there a difference between being selfish…

If you position yourself such that I cannot share my advice with you, it is not so much the end…

Swindled by ‘The Black Swindler’? I have always wondered this – Why can’t filmmakers make their films to be as…

Japan Adventures (12) : The Soup of Intoxication & Addiction Koyasan (Mount Koya) is a large seminary of Shingon (Japanese…

Japan Adventures (10) : Legend of the Sword that Did Not Cut From ‘Fodor’s Exploring Japan’ by David Scott –…

Japan Adventures (9) : Letting Go of Letting Go Japan is the land of much formality and courtesy. Sometimes, it…