Attainment Of Non-Attainment

Oct. 31 | Perfect attainment of the fruit of enlightenment is non-attainment of anything. - Surangama Sutra [Perfect enlightenment is non-attachment to everything, while functioning with perfect compassion and wisdom naturally for everyone, as it realises that...

Some Dynamics of Parent-Child Karma

Oct. 31 | When past karma ripens in the present, new karma is created by how one responds, which affects the direction of past karma, and creates the direction of future karma. - Stonepeace Children are born from four causes: repaying past kindness; repaying...

Dealing With Emotional Abuse At Home

Oct. 31 | Question: Someone in my family is giving me to a lot of emotional abuse. She would find fault with me and scold me, yet treat me as non-existent at other times. When I speak to her about this, she refuses to communicate.  Do you have any advice? Answer: If...

True Compassion & Wisdom

Oct. 31 | One cannot be truly wise without being truly kind. True wisdom is expressed as kindness. One cannot be truly kind without being truly wise. True kindness is expressing of wisdom. - Stonepeace

Are Teachers Reflections Of Their Students?

Oct. 25 | When the student is ready, the master appears. (When the students wrongly assume they are ready, the might maras appear.) - Zen Saying (extended) There is the mistaken notion, that after ‘carefully’ choosing human gurus (spiritual teachers),...

Are All Outer Evils Projected By Us?

Oct. 24 | The misfortune we experience from others are rebounding effects of our evil, be they from this present life or past lives. - Stonepeace It is often said that when we perceive others to be evil (i.e. to have misgivings), we are the evil ones, as the evils...

Danger Of Clinging To Emptiness

Oct. 24 | If one clings to the relative forms of all phenomena, one neglects the absolute emptiness of all phenomena. One makes forms an eternalistic dogma, and forgoes the wisdom of practising non-attachment [of the transient]. If one clings to the absolute...

How To Be More Disciplined For Practice

Oct. 24 | Question: I stopped doing meditation recently and now, my temper is getting worse and worse. I try to wake up early and try practise but keep failing to do so, giving the excuse that I’m too tired, that I will do it later tonight. I know this is...

Giving Up

Oct. 24 | Never ever give up what is wholesome. Always swiftly give up what is unwholesome. - Stonepeace

Walk To Wisdom

Oct. 24 | Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. - Basho

TDE Books @ Awareness Place

Oct. 21 | ‎’The Daily Enlightenment 1,2,3,4′ Books Now Available @ Awareness Place Well-Being Centre (#03-39 Bras Basah Complex) Get them online @ http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2011/05/get-tde-book-1-2-3-4

Who Is Amituofo?

Oct. 19 | A Free English-Chinese Introduction to the Precious Pure Land Teachings Dates: From this Sunday: 23 Oct, 30 Oct & 6 Nov 2011 (3 Parts) Time: 9.00am – 11.30am (with 15 min teabreak) Venue: Pu Ji Si Buddhist Research Society (4th floor) 39,...

Is The Ultimate Goal To Become Nothing?

Oct. 19 | As all Buddhas have unlimited compassion, they will continue to guide unlimited beings, until all attain unlimited compassion like all Buddhas. - Stonepeace Some have the notion that after the physical passing of the Buddha in Parinirvana, he is gone...

The Buddha Is Still Around

Oct. 19 | How truly good can Parinirvana be if it is to be truly gone for ‘good’? - Stonepeace According to the lower schools of Buddhist thought, when a being, like Sakyamuni Buddha, attains mahaparinirvana and passes away, he ceases to exist, there is no...

What Is Worthy

Oct. 19 | Spiritual cultivation might be difficult, but to face its difficulties is worthy. As this is worthy, it is not seen as difficult, but seen as good fortune instead. - Stonepeace 修行可能辛苦， 但辛苦却值得， 因值得不辛苦， 反而非常幸福。