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‘Creation’ Of Evolution

Sep. 27 | Marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, the 2009 film ‘Creation’ tells of how he came to publish his instant bestseller ‘On the Origin of the Species’, that later influenced almost every branch of science....

Interdependence

Sep. 26 | Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence (interdependence) and are nothing in themselves. - Nagarjuna

Practise Now

Sep. 26 | Practise now. Don’t think you will do more later. - Dipa Ma

Three Kinds Of Loving Speech

Sep. 26 | How you think conditions how you speak later. How you speak conditions how you think later. - Stonepeace Loving speech means to communicate and discuss with pleasant speech. There are three types of loving speech: (1) Comforting speech: We should communicate...

Karma & Precepts

Sep. 26 | Q: If we have not taken the precepts, and have broken all of them, what happens if we later commit to take them all? A: There will be more regular and good (positive) karma generated throughout life as it is a resolution to not harm others for life. This...

Is The Buddha Just A Man?

Sep. 26 | If the Buddha is a mere human being [which he is not], who was born and died like us, how can he guide us to become Buddhas, who are beyond birth and death? - Stonepeace According to the Dona Sutra, the brahmin Dona was walking along when he sighted the...

The Silent Yet Noisy Falling Tree?

Sep. 20 | The practice of all the bodhisattvas is never to entertain concepts, which revolve around dualistic notions of perceiver and perceived, in the knowledge that all these appearances are but the mind itself, whilst mind’s own nature is forever beyond the...

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The Deep Dukkha Of ‘Tatsumi’

Sep. 20 | ‘Tatsumi’ is, most appropriately, a manga-like film that depicts the life of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, the founder of Gekiga (‘Dramatic Pictures’) comics in 1957, which was a major departure from manga for kids. Telling gritty realistic...

The Cabbage & The Cow

Sep. 20 | When generalised compassion for ‘all’ forgoes compassion for individuals, how can it be universal compassion? - Stonepeace In his 1999 book “Celebrating Everyday Life”, popular Zen teacher, writer, and ecologist John Daido Loori...

Should I Stay Or Go?

Sep. 19 | Question: I’m married and with grown children. Recently, I have a strong wish to leave them, so as to better focus on Dharma learning and practice, but hesitate due to uncertainty of how my family will react. Do you have any advice? Answer: Is...

Clash Of Desires

Sep. 19 | How can you aspire to save all beings from suffering, while craving to eat some of these beings at the same time? - Stonepeace

Illusion Vs Reality

Sep. 19 | The foolish speculate about the truth, often settling for illusion. The wise investigate for the truth, only settling for reality. - Stonepeace

How Even The Gods May Fall

Sep. 12 | That even gods may fall is a powerful reminder that merely doing good is not good enough. - Stonepeace Whoever has accumulated much merit, after his rebirth in the Deva-realms [heavenly planes of gods], lives there till the end of the life-span of that...

Perfect Happiness

Sep. 12 | Everyone wants happiness, but the true way to reach perfect happiness is to bring happiness to others. - Patrul Rinpoche

Water & Ice

Sep. 12 | All sentient beings are essentially Buddhas. As with water and ice, there is no ice without water; apart from sentient beings, there are no Buddhas. Not knowing how close the truth is, we seek it far away - what a pity! - Hakuin Ekaku Zenji