Wisdom & Kindness Haikus
Nov. 14 | The wise learn what they should,to help themselves. The kind share what they can to...Best Haiku
Sep. 26 | Do (what is right)(with) your (thought, word and deed)best (you can).Battle Haiku
Sep. 12 | As life is precious and short,choose your battles well —those against your ‘self’.Buddha Haiku
Aug. 30 | If what mindful of, you will become —be mindful of Buddha then.Ego Haiku
Aug. 8 | Ego is our true enemy, for both ourselves and our false ‘enemies’.Freedom Haiku
Jul. 26 | Freedom is fromgreed, hatred and delusion,not to be greedy, hateful and deluded.
Excerpts
It Is Easier To Be Born In Amitabha Buddha’s Pure Land
Nov. 11 | I prostrate to Amitabha, leader of humans and gods.Through compassion you always see each migrator as your own child.Remembering you just once leaves... Read more »- To What Extent Should The Dharma Be Protected? 护法应当到什么程度？
- That One Should Disdain Hardships
- May Your Compassion Be More Powerful Than Greed
- Does Cutting Out The Organs Disturb The Mind?
- Why Should I Attain Buddhahood Too?
- Why Be Ashamed Of Being Shameless?
- Be As Bodhisattva-Like As You Can
- The Butter & Lamp Analogies For Buddha-Nature
- Tame & Transform Your Raging Tiger
- Do The Right Thing Naturally
Why Choose Sickness Over Indulgence?
Dec. 30 | How much better is itto be known fordoing well by manythan for living extravagantly?— Musonius Rufus [From ‘On Furnishings’]: I would choose sickness... Read more »Quotes
With The Mind Still Are Desires Eradicated 心寂欲除
Jan. 1 | 有人患淫不止，欲自除阴。佛谓之曰：『若断其阴，不如断心。心如功曹，功曹若止，从者都息。邪心不止，断阴何益？』佛为说偈：『... Read more »With Self Emptied Is Fear Eradicated 我空怖灭
Nov. 13 | 人从爱欲生忧，从忧生怖。若离与愛，何忧何怖？ — 释迦牟尼佛《四十二章经》: 第三十二章 People from attachments... Read more »- With Wisdom’s Brightness Destroy The Demonic 智明破魔
- Abide In The Middle To Attain The Path 处中得道
- With Defilements Purified Brilliance Is Retained 垢净明存
- Passing Through Much To Obtain Victory 展转获胜
- Be Mindful Of Precepts To Be Near The Path 念戒近道
- How Long Or Short Is Life? 生命之长短
- That Taught Are Without Differences 教诲无差
- Walking The Path Is In The Mind 行道在心
- With Straightforward Minds Leaving Desires 直心出欲
- Attain The World By Knowing Its Illusoriness 达世知幻
Letters
Is Guānyīn A Bodhisattva Or Buddha?
Nov. 10 | Question: If Guānshìyīn (Avalokiteśvara) Bodhisattva (观世音菩萨) is still a Bodhisattva as named, why do Buddhists commemorate her/his... Read more »- Why Dread Karmic Retribution?
- How Best To Have Sea Burial?
- What Is This Certain Sutra About?
- When Do Bodhisattvas Intervene To Help?
- How Does Reciting Sutras Relate To Learning About Them?
- Why Do Buddhists Practise Fasting?
- Is It ‘Better’ To Eat More Small Animals Or One Big One?
- Should I Use Chanting To Fall Asleep?
- Is Spiritual Friendship Or Spirituality More Important?
- How Is The Threefold Refuge Both Vows & Precepts?
What Is ‘Form Is Emptiness’?
Dec. 29 | Question: What is the meaning of ‘form is emptiness’ (色即是空)? Answer: ‘Form’ (色) refers to matter, (which is what has mass); the material,... Read more »Movies
The Right Story Can Resume With Timely ‘Atonement’
Dec. 28 | ‘Atonement’ is a believable cautionary tale on the ills of an over-active imagination, which can lead to the ‘natural’ ease of spinning destructive... Read more »My Love Is ‘My Magic’
Nov. 9 | A man jaded after the loss of his wife struggles to provide for himself and his young neglected son. He intoxicates himself by drinking to drown his... Read more »- Meet Ron The White-‘BlackkKlansman’
- ‘She’s Funny That Way’, How She’s Connected To Others
- Was ‘Mee Pok Man’s Love ‘True’?
- A Monkey’s Satire On Human ‘Love’?
- Should You Choose ‘Truth Or Dare’?
- On ‘Percy Jackson’, Knowledge & Power
- ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Of A Manifesto
- A Golden Line Extracted From ‘Extraction’
- Choose Life Again, According To ‘T2: Trainspotting’?
- Choose Life, According To ‘Trainspotting’?
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