Is A Buddha Image In A Bedroom Okay?

Mar. 28 | Question: Is it appropriate to place a Buddha image in the bedroom? Will it be disrespectful? Answer: It is best not to place Buddha images in the bedroom as even if one is not disrespectful in there, others might feel that one it is disrespectful. They...

Interdependence

Mar. 28 | Nothing is independent. Every thing is interdependent upon other things. Even these ‘other things’ are interdependent upon more things. Even those ‘more things’ are interdependent upon even more things. Everything is interconnected. -...

Solution Without Dejection

Mar. 28 | If there is a solution, what is the point of dejection? What is the point of dejection if there is no solution? - Santideva (Bodhicaryavatara)

Why Practise Compassion For All?

Mar. 28 | As the path to Buddhahood necessitates compassion for one and all, to be truly compassionate to others is to be compassionate to oneself, to be truly compassionate to oneself is to be compassionate to others. - Stonepeace Without exception, no sufferings...

The Path To Non-Retrogression Starts Now

Mar. 28 | You and all other beings, should have Faith in this ‘Sutra Praised For Its Inconceivable Merits, As Mindfully Protected By All Buddhas’. (汝等众生，当信是称赞不可思议功德，一切诸佛所护念经) - Amitabha Sutra (The Buddha) In...

Should All Be Treated With Equanimity?

Mar. 21 | Question: When we practise equanimity, should we be fair to all? Answer: Yes, we should be as impartial as possible, with no particular attachments and aversions. But this does take practice and practical conditions to be present. Agreement with this...

Nirvana Is True Happiness

Mar. 21 | The supreme path to Buddhahood includes supreme guidance of others to the same supreme goal. - Stonepeace He who has realised Truth, Nirvana, is the happiest being in the world. He is free from all ‘complexes’ and obsessions, the worries and troubles...

The Best Conqueror

Mar. 21 | One may conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, yet one is the best of conquerors, who conquers oneself. - The Buddha (Dhammapada)

The Only Path

Mar. 21 | Of all the paths, the Noble Eightfold Path is the best. (Of all the truths, the Four Noble Truths are the best)… This is the only path… Walking upon this path, you will make an end of suffering. - The Buddha (Dhammapada) Related Course: The...

The Buddha’s Victory Over A God & Demon

Mar. 20 | If your inner Mara already subdues you, you are subdued by the outer Mara too. -Stonepeace As summarised from the Brahma-Nimantanika Sutta, the Buddha spoke of an occasion, when a wrong view arose in the mind of Baka Brahma, a god residing in Maha Brahma...

Always Compassionate And Never Angry

Mar. 8 | When one loses compassion at one’s so-called enemy, one has become that person’s true enemy. - Stonepeace Dalai Lama: In a Buddhist text called the Four Hundred Verses by Aryadeva, an Indian pandit, there is a verse which says that the Buddha...

Receiving & Keeping Precepts

Mar. 7 | The purpose of receiving the precepts is to remind us to be alert of our own thoughts and conduct. When we repent over any and every transgression, we are keeping the precepts. - Master Kuang-Ch’in

Safeguarding The Buddhist Community’s Integrity

Mar. 7 | When one expresses good will, one is always blameless. When one bears ill will, one is already blameworthy. - Stonepeace Some friends occasionally speak of feeling troubled when they encounter ‘some dressed as Buddhist monastics’ (as they...

Can The Buddha Help All?

Mar. 7 | Question: The Buddha-to-be, when still  a Bodhisattva, once gave up his body to feed a starving tigress and her cubs. Was it out of compassion, or out of the knowledge that he would be reborn? There are many dying of hunger every day. Is the Buddha...

Your So-Called Reality

Mar. 7 | If you know you are dreaming, you are to that extent awake, it is so-called ‘reality’ for you then, as you continue waking. If you do not know you are dreaming, you are to that extent asleep, it is so-called ‘reality’ for you then, as you continue...