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The Mind Like A Wild Horse Should Not Be Indulged 意马莫纵

26 Feb 2021

Verse On Bridges

21 Dec 2017

Are You Purifying Your ‘Tainted Soul’?

18 Sep 2023

Asking About Power And Brightness 请问力明

17 Sep 2021

A Drive Out Of Stormy Weather

9 Mar 2023

light road landscape sign

Is Life Just A Lamp To Be Snuffed Out?

6 Jun 2018

‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ After Clarification!

6 Apr 2016

You, ‘Animals And The Buddha’

4 May 2016

Should Buddhists Wear Buddha Images?

2 Mar 2016

Does Aversion At Buddha Images Create Negative Karma?

7 Apr 2018

We Are Our Own Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

24 Jul 2020

To See Virtue

25 May 2010

Enough Focus

3 May 2013

Can I Keep A Bird Who Flew In My Window?

7 Oct 2016

Two Proven Pain-Free Solutions For Meditators

2 May 2012

How Are Others’ Faults Also My Faults?

24 Jan 2018

Dharma Alone

12 Jun 2015

Verse On Straightness

13 Jun 2017

Difference Between Foolishness And Wisdom 愚智之别

28 Jul 2023

wise buddha statues in the garden

Does Investment In Animal Trade Break The First Precept?

30 Mar 2013

How Should Dharma Teachers Protect Dharma Students?

28 Mar 2017

Should We Stay In This Human Realm To Accomplish Buddhahood? 我们应当留在人间成佛吗？

11 Apr 2024

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Right Contemplation To Resist Lust 正观敌色

5 Feb 2021

An A/Political Dialogue From ‘Page Eight’

24 Jun 2024

Can I Offer Dead Animals To The Buddhas?

8 Jan 2019

Verses On Armour

24 May 2018

An Imaginary Dialogue

10 Apr 2025

Why Have ‘Selective Outrage’?

6 Mar 2023

A Golden Line Extracted From ‘Extraction’

25 Apr 2020

‘Alexander’ And His Terribly Fantastic Day

1 Jul 2015

Are There ‘Buddhist’ Extremists?

20 Oct 2015

Busting The ‘Ghostbusters’?

11 Jul 2018

‘Yu Yu Hakusho’s Four Lessons《幽游白書》四訓

15 Jan 2024

Verse On Concentration

24 Oct 2016

How Can Some With Good Karma Become Evil?

21 Nov 2012

A Buddhist Vision Of ‘The Child’s Eye’

12 Oct 2010

When Best To Donate What Belonged To The Deceased?

9 Jan 2024

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The Old & Young Monks Who Killed & Saved Ants

6 Oct 2009

Does Going Vegan Increase Craving?

3 May 2013

flat lay photography of vegetable salad on plate

Are You As ‘Poor’ As You Think?

6 Jun 2014

Verse On Not Forgetting 莫忘偈

27 Feb 2019

How Best To Express Filial Piety?

10 Nov 2017

Why Past Buddhas Are Still Bodhisattvas

12 Aug 2010

Verse On Wearing Robes

15 Jun 2016

‘The Monkey King 2’ Has Buddha-Nature

28 Jun 2017

Awareness

12 Jul 2011

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Run ‘Beckett’ Run

13 Sep 2021

What If I’m Confused By Some Teachings?

19 Apr 2019

What Would Push You To Make ‘The Push’?

8 Mar 2018

Should Merits Be Dedicated To Karmic Creditors Only?

1 Jun 2021

Do Animals Who Kill Create Negative Karma?

12 Nov 2019

Transformation

6 Mar 2019

Verse On Hermitages

18 Jul 2018

What Comes Before And After November Rain

29 May 2025

Calm & Clear Equanimity

23 Mar 2015

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Wellness

21 Jun 2019

Verse For Washing

8 Feb 2017

How Can I Overcome My Shyness?

14 Feb 2014

How To Be Veg(etari)an With Non-Vegetarian Family Members?

9 Aug 2022

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Reports Of Those Reborn In Pure Land Returning To Inform So 往生净土归来报告之公案

7 Nov 2024

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Should I Stay Or Go?

19 Sep 2011

From ‘The Snow Girl’ To A Vegan Baby

9 Feb 2023

How The Horrifying Might Become The Horrified (How To Flip A Ghost Story Around)

20 Feb 2025

‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ (Or ‘Terminator’)?

7 Jan 2016

Why Do Buddhists Say ‘Amituofo’ So Much?

11 May 2017

Is Suffering A Blessing?

30 Nov 2016

Is Sponsoring Of Buddha Images To Create Them?

22 Aug 2018

The Most Important Abhidharma Lesson

14 Nov 2024

How To Truly ‘Ride On Vows To Come Again’ 如何真正乘愿再来

21 Nov 2024

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The Four Harmonious Friends (Bird, Hare, Monkey & Elephant)

13 Oct 2010

Do I Lack Compassion At School?

4 Aug 2013

Are Buddhists Okay With Divorce?

8 Nov 2013

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Can Ghosts & Gods Punish & Reward Humans?

25 Mar 2014

‘Inception’ Of Some Ideas For Awakening

13 Dec 2010

Are Realms In Other Faiths Elsewhere?

11 May 2017

Map Of The Four Noble Truths

27 Jun 2011

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‘Never Let Me Go’, Never Let Compassion Go

12 Jul 2011

Cause & Effect

2 Nov 2014

Are There Buddhist Paper Offerings To Burn?

31 Aug 2015

What Most ‘Complicated’ About ‘Singapore Social’

16 Dec 2019

Why Some Love Stories Break Your Heart

14 Nov 2011

Be Inspired By Great Master ‘Xuan Zang’! | 观看《大唐玄奘》记

27 May 2016

The Dharma

8 Jan 2019

The Essential Matter Of ‘Mind Over Matter’

16 May 2024

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Answering Dharma Queries

20 Sep 2014

Serious Stuff from ‘Funny People’

23 Oct 2009

Verses On Almsbowls

8 Aug 2018

Evil Returns To Oneself 恶还本身

21 Jan 2022

Are You At Middle Age?

12 Jan 2024

How to Make Our Love Truer & Greater

1 Oct 2009

[Brief Review] What If You Are A ‘Tulku’? (‘Recognised Reborn Master’)

27 May 2015

Verse On Being Without Patience 无忍偈

19 Aug 2022

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Purification Gem

18 Nov 2014

water drop

The Only Path

21 Mar 2012

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Hush About Others’ Faults?

3 Oct 2011

Is Suicide Release?

31 Aug 2011

Should Buddhists Worry About End Of The World?

31 Dec 2019

Towards Greater ‘Inception’ Of Reality

1 Oct 2015

How To Solve ‘The Problem Of Evil’ With Buddhism

29 Mar 2021

Difference Between The Wise & Foolish 智愚之分

14 Mar 2019

Verse On Precepts

3 Aug 2016

Seven Nearly Silent Lessons From ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’

23 Dec 2024

Mad Being Mad

21 Jan 2010

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How Does Reciting Sutras Relate To Learning About Them?

22 Jul 2020

How Inaction Might Be Evil

23 Aug 2010

Sooner Or Later?

27 Jul 2012

Magneto & Po Make War & Peace

8 Jun 2011

Out & ‘In The Shadow Of The Moon’

25 Nov 2019

Far Depart From Wrong Views & Jealousy 远离邪见与嫉妒

21 Apr 2023

Force Of Habit

11 Apr 2014

Still Yet Aware

10 Jul 2009

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Is It Right To Not Bother About What Is Right Or Wrong? 不管对错对不对？

21 Jan 2025

Impermanence From Moment To Moment 时时无常

24 Mar 2023

Six Perfections

26 Mar 2014

Verses On Moral Shame

22 Aug 2018

The Classic Hulk Problem (To Transform)

6 Feb 2025

Are Oil Lamps On My Shrine A Must?

7 Mar 2014

True Paradox

8 Apr 2010

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Can Truths Be Invalidated By Disbelief?

19 Oct 2019

Do You Protect Or Endanger The Great Lion?

17 Oct 2013

‘Black Mirror’s Bête Noire’s ‘Wish-Fulfilling Gem’

13 Apr 2025

The Matrix’s Desert Of The Real Vs Altered Carbon’s Garden Of The Virtual

23 Mar 2020

The Real Magic

11 Mar 2010

‘Ava’ On How To Count Someone As Happy

3 Jul 2023

Cultivate And Extinguish 修与息

19 Jul 2024

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How Is One In All & All In One?

24 Aug 2012

Verse On Face-Washing

1 Mar 2017

Departure From Four Attachments 离四贪

10 Nov 2023

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Meet The Darkened ‘Titans’

6 Mar 2019

How Can We Handle Our Jealousy?

13 Sep 2018

Are Relationships Empty?

6 Apr 2013

Intentions & Experiences

17 May 2012

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Is It Alright To Be A Fortune-Teller?

1 Oct 2015

Those Who Have Transgressions Should Repent 有罪者当忏悔

7 Jun 2024

How Do You Celebrate Your Re-Birthday?

20 Aug 2015

Verse On Renunciation (2)

29 Jun 2016

Do You Plan To Be A Drunk Murderer, Thief, Adulterer And Liar?

2 Jan 2025

[H] What Will Happen After This Dharma-Ending Age? 末法之后将会如何？

26 Sep 2019

Walking The Path Is In The Mind 行道在心

23 Apr 2020

Relistening To ‘Blade Runner’s ‘Tears In Rain’ Monologue

22 Apr 2024

Three Ways To See Mountains And Rivers 三看山水

18 Jun 2020

It’s A Very Very ‘Mad World’

28 Mar 2018

Encouraging Mindfulness Of Buddha, Cultivates Blessings And Wisdom 劝念佛，修福慧

17 Jan 2025

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How Justice Was Served To ‘My Daughter’s Killer’

22 Aug 2022

Four Kinds Of Proximate Causes For Great Nirvāṇa 大涅槃之四种近因

17 Nov 2023

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Can Depression Be Physically ‘Killed’?

25 Jul 2023

a woman sitting alone on her bed

‘People Are People’, But ‘People Are Good’?

30 May 2024

Leaving The Household Life To Realise The Fruit 出家证果

10 Jun 2022

Can Buddhism Be Free From Politics?

21 Nov 2023

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Power Of Effort & Karma

18 Sep 2013

Is It Okay To Be Dressed Less In A Temple?

22 Jan 2013

Smile

25 May 2015

Hundreds Of Buddhist Movie Reviews

10 Nov 2010

cartoon movie showing on theater screen

Should We Only Let Karma Mete Out Justice?

29 Dec 2012

Attainment Of Non-Attainment

31 Oct 2011

gold buddha statue

Should We Offer Food Even Long After Departure?

27 Nov 2018

[5] Are The Buddha And His Teachings Outstanding?

5 Jul 2022

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Perfect Thought

6 Dec 2011

Some Dharma Depths In ‘The Shallows’?

15 Mar 2017

What Is Your True Nature To Show?

19 Aug 2019

Is ‘The Punisher’ Is Also The Punished?

14 Mar 2019

To Live, ‘Don’t Breathe’!

18 Oct 2017

Have You Chosen Your Last Thought Yet?

26 Apr 2019

Forgetful Bodhisattvas & Maras Of ‘Gantz:O’

6 May 2017

Rid Your Regrets

20 Aug 2014

Healing From Jealousy

28 Feb 2011

[F] How Do Sūtras Disappear In This Dharma-Ending Age? 佛经如何在末法时期消失？

5 Sep 2019

Can Elders ‘Send Off’ The Deceased Young?

10 Feb 2016

Demonisation & Idealisation

25 Oct 2010

Far Beyond Self-Improvement

7 Jul 2010

Golden Buddha statue background

The Deluded Is Not The Delusion

14 Feb 2011

a crazy man sitting inside the cell

Renouncing Attachments To Attain The Path 舍爱得道

20 Aug 2021

Know the Truth

12 May 2010

Is Picking Up Lost Money Stealing?

24 Aug 2013

Should I Work In A Prison?

23 Nov 2016

Growing Up In ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’

13 Jan 2017

The Paradoxical (Mis)definitions In ‘One Piece’

25 Sep 2023

Do Plants Feel Pain?

4 Feb 2015

When Okja’s Mija Meets #ForNature’s Greta

24 Jul 2017

Whose Fault?

12 Jul 2019

Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock…

22 Jun 2023

Ten Frequently Asked Questions On Troublesome Ghosts

7 Dec 2021

How To Be Confident In Reaching Pure Land 如何有信心往生净土

4 May 2023

Commitment Issues In ‘Café Society’

13 Apr 2018

How To Win ‘The Scorch Trials’

26 Jan 2016

Just Accept Or Clarify

15 Nov 2011

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Should Buddhists Kill In War?

25 May 2016

With ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ See Vengeance

9 Jan 2023

How Should I Curb Vengeance?

3 Aug 2016

The Buddha’s Analogies On The Danger Of Lying

7 Feb 2012

Practise Good To Cease Evil 行善止恶

15 Nov 2024

Control Yourself

19 Jul 2019

Seeing Yet Not Seeing 见而不见

14 Mar 2025

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Where Best To Go When This Life Ends?

30 Sep 2016

How Were The ‘First’ Humans ‘Created’? (Part 2: Sutta Analysis)

26 Mar 2010

Who Are Your Karmic Creditors?

11 Oct 2018

Can Ancestors Bless Survivors?

14 Mar 2019

Ego

29 Nov 2019

Are The Bothersome All Karmic Creditors?

30 Aug 2022

sad woman sitting on couch

How The One You Believe Might Not Exist?

19 Sep 2024

When Do Bodhisattvas Intervene To Help?

4 Aug 2020

Should Unknown Gains Be Accumulated?

28 Mar 2023

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Have You Taken True & Total Refuge Yet?

14 Aug 2009

a woman kneeling near a buddha statue

The Buddha’s Two Authorities Within Four Great References For All

30 Jan 2020

How Marvellous!

2 Mar 2018

Must Loved Ones & I Have Niches?

17 Apr 2014

The Buddha Path Of ‘The Man With The Iron Fists (2)’?

4 Aug 2015

Those Without Attachment Attain The Path 无著得道

5 Mar 2021

Can You See The ‘Buddha’ In That ‘Cloud’?

3 Feb 2016

‘The Legend Of Tarzan’ & The Reality Of Speciesism

7 Dec 2017

‘Pottersville’ Or ‘The Town That Cried Bigfoot’

1 Jan 2019

Do We Rejoice Over All Kinds Of Happiness?

12 Feb 2019

Should Buddhist Vegans Treat Others With Non-Vegan Food And Drinks?

27 Aug 2024

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All Sentient Beings Have Everlasting Buddha-Nature 一切众生佛性不朽

25 Feb 2021

Should I Share on Sharing of Merits?

30 Mar 2011

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How A Monk Became A Bug

2 Sep 2015

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How To Help Resolve Family Conflicts?

28 Dec 2016

Who Buddhas Are Mindful Of

8 Apr 2015

mother and child playing on the shore

How To Prevent Being Tricked By ‘Buddhist’ Cults?

17 Mar 2015

Is Pruning A Plant Cruel?

29 Oct 2014

Can Buddhists Be Time Travellers?

25 Jul 2013

Verses Expressing Sentiments 抒怀偈

21 Oct 2022

Should I Learn The Dharma From Movies?

23 Nov 2021

Born From Karma

4 Apr 2012

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You Can Always Control Your Interpretations And Responses

18 Aug 2022

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How A Meditator Ascended The Highest Heaven And Fell Into Hell 禅者登天堕狱记

28 Jul 2022

When Do Buddhists Pray During The Seventh Lunar Month?

12 Aug 2015

To Whom Are You A Karmic Creditor? 您是谁的冤亲债主？

25 May 2023

‘The Lady In The Van’ In The Writer’s Mind

16 Oct 2016

How Did Dharma Ceremonies Originate?

30 Aug 2017

Triumph Over Evil

9 Jun 2010

What Does It Mean to Be Blessed?

7 Mar 2011

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What If You Were a Vampire in ‘Daybreakers’?

31 Jan 2010

Verse On Grade

5 Jan 2017

Anger Management Tips

2 Dec 2010

Is It Really ‘Very Bad (Or Good) Karma’?

13 Feb 2012

Rough Mindfulness

17 Jan 2011

The Love & Loss Of ‘Norwegian Wood’

6 Jul 2011

Should I Learn Yoga Before Buddhism?

11 Feb 2018

How Karmic Power Overpowers Supernormal Powers

13 Jun 2013

Can Buddhists Seek Fengshui Advice?

13 Jan 2015

Great Master Hānshān’s ‘Song For Awakening The World’ 憨山大师《醒世歌》

31 Dec 2020

Direct Your Mind Well

5 Jul 2019

It’s A ‘Kung Fu Jungle’ Out There?

4 Feb 2015

Self-Reflection

16 Oct 2013

The ‘Ghost Lab’ That Didn’t Work Well

31 May 2021

Patience With Evil Without Anger 忍恶无瞋

11 Feb 2022

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‘I Could (Have) Eat(en) A Horse?!’

28 Feb 2013

How A Great Beauty Realised Greater Beauty

12 Jul 2013

Can Individuals Create Collective Karma Together?

12 Apr 2014

The Middle Way

3 Nov 2016

Does Killing Bacteria Break The First Precept?

3 May 2019

Dry Or ‘Wet Season’, Always In Season To Say ‘Āmítuófó’!

26 Jun 2023

Clean, Calm, Clear

15 Feb 2012

stack of stones

Gold Standard Test

16 Jan 2012

Can I Cut My Hair Due To Death In The Family?

17 Jan 2023

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Why Does Buddhahood Require Bodhicitta?

20 Jun 2014

Five Contemplations At Mealtimes To Retain 食存五观

20 Sep 2024

Transcending The Limits Of Worldly Philosophies

1 Mar 2017

How to Easier Stomach a Pinch of Salt

7 Aug 2009

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‘Onimusha’s (鬼武者) Most Important Messages

22 Jan 2024

Is It Alright To Burn Paper Offerings For Deceased Buddhists?

4 Jun 2024

Mind Like Bright Moon 心如明月

28 Feb 2020

Death Poem

23 Jun 2014

‘The Secret Life Of Pets’ & The Missed Deaths Of Many Other Animals

30 Nov 2016

From The Fiscal Cliff To The Spiritual Cliff

3 Jan 2013

The Buddhas And Bodhisattvas Are Always Smiling

25 Aug 2022

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How To Avoid Supernatural Disturbances And Curses? 如何不撞鬼中邪？

27 May 2021

jack o lantern ghost

The Banana Skin Syndrome

24 Jan 2011

How To Apply Dharma In Office Politics?

1 Dec 2014

Right Or Wrong

10 Aug 2011

The Great Little Bodhisattva Ships Of ‘Dunkirk’

9 Aug 2017

A Toddler’s Encounter With A ‘New’ Emotion

6 Apr 2011

Ghost-Counsellors Over ‘Ghostbusters’!

28 Oct 2016

Be ‘The Intern’ Of Dharma Before Death

30 Mar 2016

‘They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?’ But Should They?

7 Nov 2022

Should I Eat Black Garlic?

20 Apr 2015

Where Evil Starts

6 Dec 2019

Is Lab-Grown Meat Ethical?

4 Oct 2018

How Many Horses Do You Need?

21 Nov 2013

Is Pure Land Sexist?

17 Nov 2014

Is Mindfulness Of Buddha Applicable In Everyday Life?

29 Feb 2012

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Why You Should Be More Giving Now (Or ‘Death Cleaning For Better Living’)

27 Mar 2019

Where Should Buddhist Teachers And Students Be Reborn?

24 Mar 2022

Good And Evil Both Explained 善恶并明

11 Mar 2022

Can One Suffer Due To Others’ Mistakes?

7 Dec 2017

Solution Without Dejection

28 Mar 2012

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That Taught Are Without Differences 教诲无差

19 Jun 2020

Verse For Brushing

13 Jan 2017

Letter To A Buddhist Centre For Kinder Offerings

2 Mar 2018

Verse On Definitely Having 必有偈

21 Jun 2024

How To Forgive & Forget?

29 Sep 2010

‘The Girl In The Spider’s Web’ Who Offered Escape

13 May 2024

Conscience

9 May 2012

brown carriage wheel

How Do We Know Good Is More Powerful Than Evil?

24 Apr 2025

Dilly-Dallying

4 Dec 2012

How Much Time Can Transpire Between Tea And Pee?

22 Feb 2024

food man love people

Are Enlightened Ones Still Sentient Beings?

4 Jan 2022

photograph of a meditating buddha statue

‘The Rite’ of Passage to Hell Or Pure Land?

16 Feb 2011

Are The Unenlightened Not Somewhat ‘Unsane’?

25 Oct 2021

Some Quantum Theories Of Pure Land Principles 净土原理之量子理论

20 Mar 2019

The Four Great Vows 四弘誓愿

23 Aug 2024

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Are You Committed To Being Committed?

12 Jun 2015

Who Has Been To Pure Land & Back?

6 Jun 2012

How To Handle Wrongly Received Non-Vegan Foods?

5 Nov 2024

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How To Contemplate Liberation Of Lives’ Cause And Effect? 如何观放生因果?

7 Jan 2025

farm chickens pasturing on meadow

How Should We View Near Accidents?

2 Jun 2017

Don’t Be A ‘Don Verdean’

1 Aug 2018

Did The Buddha Ordain Without Parental Consent?

24 Dec 2012

Did The Universe Have A Creator?

6 Dec 2010

white sky

Terminators ‘R’ Us? (Review Of ‘Terminator Salvation’)

15 Jul 2015

Are All Famous Buddhist Teachers Always Right?

3 Feb 2016

Spiritual Maturity

2 Oct 2013

Retain Mindfulness Of The Triple Gem 存念三宝

9 Aug 2024

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How Fair Is It To Put ‘The Devil On Trial’?

11 Dec 2023

We Need More Practice

1 Oct 2015

Verse On Bell’s Sounds 钟声偈

28 Jun 2024

How To Encourage Agnostics To Learn Buddhism?

13 Jun 2024

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Plain Water?

23 Oct 2013

How Should Buddhists Respond To Pandemics? 佛教徒该如何应对疫情？

6 Aug 2020

Will I Create Negative Karma By Not Being A Guarantor To Help?

4 May 2018

Find Buddha

8 Jul 2022

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How Subha Gave & Gained Her Eye

12 Oct 2012

How Do I Know I Am Bound For The Hells?

16 Aug 2022

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Should Sick Babies Be Aborted?

21 Apr 2011

pregnant woman wearing beige long sleeve shirt standing near brown tree at daytime

Existential Chats In ‘Café Society’

19 Apr 2018

A Buddhist Perspective of 2012

22 Nov 2009

Should We Receive Charitable Donations From All?

18 Aug 2016

Remember Your Previous Promise ‘At The Moment’

27 Nov 2023

Is There A ‘Macbeth’ In You?

3 Aug 2016

Why ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Is Still Tragic

12 Sep 2022

How To Queue Alone To Lead Many

18 Jan 2017

Verse On Speedy Spiritual Progress

18 May 2016

From Eternal Recurrence To Timeless Liberation

27 Jul 2023

An (Almost) Unrepentant ‘Oldboy’ Returns

5 Dec 2022

Are All Religions the Same?

10 Nov 2010

‘A Land Imagined’ With Labour & Loss?

8 May 2019

‘The Witcher’s Order Despite The Chaos?

31 Jul 2023

Can I Offer Lights And Food On Behalf Of The Deceased And Living Together?

14 Mar 2023

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The Importance Of Inter-Religious Harmony

17 Feb 2012

Verses On Eating As Vegans 吃素偈

25 Jan 2024

Can I Commit To The Precepts If I Sometimes Eat Meat & Drink Alcohol?

6 Mar 2019

Merits Of Veg(etari)an Offerings 供斋功德

27 Sep 2019

Watch

25 Jul 2013

Sacred & Ordinary

31 May 2012

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Paradox of Rules

19 Nov 2009

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Are You A ‘Convenient’ Buddhist?

6 Jul 2013

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How Best To Have Sea Burial?

8 Sep 2020

Should I Help Pay For Non-Vegan Food?

6 Sep 2017

Paradoxical, Ambiguous, Bargaining And Lamenting Prayers In ‘The Black Phone’

26 Aug 2024

Verses On Sickness

13 Apr 2018

Verses On Asceticism & Morality

15 May 2018

Ryuk Returns With His ‘Death Note’ (2017)

6 Sep 2017

Our Buddha-Nature Is Most Honourable 吾人佛性最为尊

9 Jan 2025

statue of buddha in bayon a buddhist temple in cambodia

Top Ten Frequently Asked Questions On Karma

22 Nov 2022

Just Reminders

24 Feb 2023

Summary of ‘Practices With Ten Great Obstacles’《十大碍行》纲要

15 Apr 2020

Form/Emptiness 色/空

12 Apr 2024

Paradox Of Discipline

26 Jul 2011

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Why Balance Regular & ‘Random’ Practice?

10 Oct 2013

Repentance Of ‘The Gunman’

3 Feb 2016

Coming, Staying & Going

18 Aug 2015

What Happens After Suicide And How Can We Help?

10 Aug 2015

hands people friends communication

How Do We Have Healthy Aversion?

3 Sep 2014

Should We Help The Deceased Within 49 Or 100 Days After Death?

12 Oct 2021

Ten ‘Cool’ Lessons From ‘Firestarter’ (2022)

15 Jul 2024

What Makes Life Truly Moving & Wonderful?

23 Feb 2015

Which Hell Will The Evil Be Born In?

15 Oct 2016

Can I Read Dharma Books (On My Lap) While Eating?

25 Sep 2014

What To Do When Bringing A New Buddhist Image Home?

14 Nov 2023

brown ceramic chinese figurine

Count Your Blessings

12 Jun 2011

Forge And Fight For Your Fate, But Love Your ‘Fate’ Too

3 Aug 2023

Verses On Defilements And Purity 秽净偈

24 Nov 2023

the famous ghora katora in india

Should An Unethical Job Be Done For Survival?

29 Aug 2018

How To Be More Disciplined For Practice

24 Oct 2011

crop woman filling calendar for month

Verse On Right Path

2 Jun 2017

Do Good Intentions Excuse Bad Results?

26 May 2014

Can Buddhist Practice Cause Sickness?

8 May 2016

Have You Washed Your Bowl Yet?

6 Sep 2011

shallow focus photography of gray bowl

Will Dharma Learning And Practice Create Obstacles?

27 Jun 2019

Praise & Blame

25 Feb 2010

photo of man pointing his finger

What Is The Cause Of Sickness?

25 Feb 2020

Verse On Four Impermanences 四非常偈

20 Mar 2019

Why Go On A Buddhist Pilgrimage?

28 Nov 2011

Take Offense?

5 Apr 2011

Mind One Needle

9 May 2012

black thread on a wooden spool

A Great Bodhisattva Recommends A Great Place!

20 Oct 2010

Should Vegans Give Away Non-Vegan Food?

28 Jan 2020

Why Does Buddhism Always Talk About Suffering?

4 Aug 2013

The Right Way For ‘The Highwaymen’?

26 Apr 2019

Do Not Be A Wild Fox ‘Zen Master’! 别成野狐‘禅师’！

6 May 2017

Verse On Dharma Harmony

13 Apr 2016

Aftershock Of The Human Heart

30 Jul 2010

What Might Become Of Those Severely Lustful? What Are Some Buddhist Practices For Curbing Lust?

29 Aug 2024

a statue of buddha

Why Are There Immeasurable Buddhas Instead Of One?

3 Aug 2012

‘She’s Funny That Way’, How She’s Connected To Others

7 Sep 2020

Can Animal Experimentation Be Alright?

23 Jan 2019

Are You Affected by the Bystander Effect?

16 Jan 2020

Verse On Tree

11 Oct 2017

Is Buddhism A Religion?

10 Nov 2010

buddha surrounded with flowers

Can Buddhists Chant In Restrooms & Bedrooms?

17 Feb 2014

Can One Be Addicted To Buddhism?

13 Apr 2018

How A ‘Haunted’ Room Was ‘Exorcised’

22 Apr 2020

Are All Outer Evils Projected By Us?

24 Oct 2011

Verse On High Roads

11 May 2017

Thus Turned Tashi’s Wheel Of ‘Samsara’

29 Nov 2017

How To Never Die Alone 如何不孤独死去

12 Nov 2024

sick man sleeping on the gray sofa

Verse On Contemplation

28 Oct 2016

Is This Bad Karma Ripening?

18 May 2017

To Kill ‘Em All Or To Set ‘Em Free?

13 Apr 2023

slug mite in close up shot

Are Prayers For The Distant Deceased Helpful?

14 Jul 2015

a person holding a wooden coffin

Did Jìgōng Endorse Or Urge Meat-Eating And Wine-Drinking? 济公有赞同或鼓励吃肉喝酒吗？

26 Sep 2014

See All Kindly

26 Dec 2018

What Should Buddhists Do During The Seventh Lunar Month?

29 Aug 2023

How Should Buddhists See Birthdays?

16 Feb 2021

‘Spider-man: Homecoming’ To Buddha-Nature?

10 Apr 2019

What Basic Integrity & Gratitude Should We Have?

27 Jan 2010

The Worthy Path

22 Feb 2012

rainbow

Transforming Muck & Mire

22 Jul 2010

purple lotus flower on water

One Buddhist Does Not All Of Buddhism Make

29 Apr 2014

Verse On Cultivating Blessings And Wisdom 修福慧偈

6 Oct 2023

figurine of buddha

Verse On Fruit

18 Oct 2017

The Rise & Fall Of ‘Icarus’

29 Aug 2018

Was The Buddha A Free-Thinker?

11 Nov 2010

Is Sea Burial (Or Ash-Scattering In The Sea) Alright?

15 Oct 2024

close up photo of water

Verses On Eating

13 Sep 2018

How To Place And Consecrate A Buddha Image

22 Oct 2024

Sunset’s Impermanence Verse 日没无常偈

17 Jun 2022

flock of birds flying above the mountain during sunset

Can The Buddhas’ And Patriarchs’ Words Be Changed? 佛言祖语能改吗？

3 Oct 2023

man in front of his computer

[8] How To Be Released From Attachment

23 Jan 2019

Always On Your Mind

29 Aug 2014

Moon Pearl

11 Jan 2014

half moon with black background

Timeless Truth

31 Mar 2010

clear hour glass on golden frame

Mind Like Space

28 Aug 2015

silhouette of person under blue and purple sky

What If You Can Fulfil ‘Absolutely Anything’?

18 May 2016

The Triply Beautiful

16 Sep 2022

meditating buddha stature in nature

Verse On Pure Veganism 净素偈

31 May 2024

beige wooden rectangular chopping board

Should Buddhists Fear God?

13 Jul 2017

Some Physical And Mental Benefits Of Eating As Vegetarians 吃素之身心利益

29 Sep 2022

What Does It Mean To Be Awakened?

18 May 2016

Deep Thought

15 Apr 2010

white bubble illustration

Okay To Break Just One Precept?

7 Dec 2010

photo of person s palm

A Review Of Epicurus’ ‘Deadly’ Existential Mistake

11 Mar 2021

Are They All The Same Bodhisattva?

20 Aug 2024

the guanyin of nanshan statue

Are You Too Busy For Dharma Practice?

4 Apr 2012

Which ‘You’ Or ‘Another’ Do You Truly Love?

30 Nov 2023

Why Dread Karmic Retribution?

22 Sep 2020

How Everyone Is Every Buddha’s ‘Only Child’

3 Sep 2014

Why Stop Complaining?

7 Feb 2023

How The Buddha Prevented A Bloody War

28 Nov 2013

Verse On Buddha Crowns 佛顶偈

26 Apr 2024

buddha figures in black and white

Utilisation

26 Jan 2014

With Self Emptied Is Fear Eradicated 我空怖灭

13 Nov 2020

How Can A ‘Creator’ Be ‘Created’?

13 Aug 2018

‘The Great Wall’ As A Great Bridge?

20 Mar 2019

Should We All Fully And Strictly Uphold The Five Precepts?

24 Feb 2022

Reach The Shore

26 Jul 2019

My Love Is ‘My Magic’

9 Nov 2020

How Tall Was The Buddha?

26 Nov 2019

Everyone’s Strengths

28 Aug 2009

person holding black and silver steel barbell photography

Should I Quit My Job Again?

26 Jan 2016

Do The Deceased Need Tablets For Joining Dharma Assemblies?

4 Jul 2023

Is The Buddha Just A Man?

26 Sep 2011

buddha statue

What Is ‘Beauty’?

4 Feb 2021

Crossroads

23 Jun 2014

Unhappy With Your Job?

10 Aug 2011

Can Food Offered To The Deceased Be Eaten After?

17 Sep 2024

What is Holy?

4 Aug 2010

brass buddha figurine on black surface

Love Vs Lust In ‘Zoolander 2’

18 Mar 2016

When is So-Called ‘Buddhism’ not Buddhism?

10 Nov 2010

person with letters on his palms

When ‘Bad’ Things Happen To ‘Good’ People

6 Jul 2022

bench light love people

Forgiveness

8 Mar 2014

Can I Reach Pure Land With Breaking Of Precepts?

21 Feb 2023

How Long Or Short Is Life? 生命之长短

10 Jul 2020

Can Evil Karma Be Passed Down?

11 Oct 2022

An Easy Gauge of Your Good & Evil

11 Mar 2010

Transforming The Heavy To Be Light 转重令轻

25 Feb 2022

Why Do Some Dream Of The Deceased Being Wet And Cold?

2 May 2023

The True Horror Of All Horror Movies

15 Mar 2021

How To Delight The Buddhas 如何令佛欢喜

4 Oct 2019

Is Eating Vegan Meritorious?

13 Dec 2017

The Noble ‘Fightless’ Fight Of ‘Selma’

4 Jan 2016

Can You Walk With A Full Bowl On Your Head?

13 Jan 2017

How Buddhist Organisations Might Decline?

14 Mar 2024

photo of people doing handshakes

Is ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ Ours Too?

23 Sep 2019

Verse On Time 时间偈

29 Mar 2024

shallow focus photography of hourglass

Should I Act Blur During A Supernatural Encounter?

18 Mar 2025

The Easiest Ways To…

27 Sep 2018

Please Pacify And Liberate My Fettered Mind!

10 Nov 2014

From The Roots To The Fruit 从本至果

22 Nov 2024

person holding brown and green vegetable

Can Buddhists Pray To Gods?

5 Mar 2015

10 Reflections On Repentance

28 Mar 2018

Who Does S/he Really Love?

4 Jul 2024

Is Vegetarianism Of Secondary Or Arbitrary Value?

1 Jul 2015

Within The Path’s Mind 道心之中

14 Oct 2022

Be Sincerely Diligent 勤精进

4 Nov 2022

‘The Fatal Encounter’ Averted With Sincerity?

5 Jan 2017

Are All Buddhas, Bodhisattvas & Gods The Same?

9 Jul 2014

Is Amituofo’s Pure Land Physically Far To The West?

20 Nov 2014

Where Is Your ‘Hereafter’?

23 Jan 2011

Constructive Compassion

24 Nov 2015

True Happiness

3 Oct 2011

buddha statue

The Hungry ‘Morbius’ Vs. The Angry Hulk

21 Nov 2022

How To Be Mindful Like A Wise Tortoise

12 Dec 2019

Should We Be Good Children To ‘Bad’ Parents?

5 Jul 2024

The ‘Historically’ Fantastic ‘Legend Of The Demon Cat’

15 Aug 2018

Why Is Vesak Day With Different Dates In Different Countries?

2 Jun 2023

Six Reflections On ‘Aziz Ansari: Right Now’

15 Jul 2019

One Dharma

4 Feb 2015

Verse On Peak

18 Aug 2017

One Way To Understand ‘Two’ Kinds Of Impermanence

19 Nov 2018

One Same Buddha-Nature 同一佛性

17 Jan 2020

Neither Dirty Things Nor Good Brothers

27 Jun 2024

Not ‘Possessed’ Of Enough Compassion & Wisdom

16 May 2019

Advice

28 Dec 2012

Once Fallen, Immediately Arise 一倒即起

26 May 2023

colorful daruma dolls on street

Do You Wear Any Of These Masks?

7 Sep 2023

brown man face figurine

True Nature

29 Aug 2012

Three Authorities

18 Feb 2014

Are Animal Communication Courses Alright?

30 Jul 2019

What Is ‘It’ Really?

24 Nov 2024

Is Fengshui Part of Dharma Practice?

30 Jul 2009

How To See Buddha

8 Apr 2015

Investigation

14 Jun 2013

Only Walk The Middle Path 唯行中道

16 Dec 2022

Why No One Truly Believes In Predestination

13 Dec 2014

How To See Impermanence Positively

30 Mar 2013

sneakers near a fallen maple leaf

Verse With Three Truths 三谛偈

7 Feb 2020

Propagate The Path 弘道

9 Dec 2022

buddha statue in close up shot

Open Truth

23 Aug 2011

white and blue body of water

Are All In ‘Monastic’ Robes Beyond Question?

9 Jun 2017

How To Transcend Your Present Suffering Now

23 Dec 2015

How to Practise Diligently

5 May 2010

How Much Of Our Blessings Are From Our Ancestors?

30 May 2019

What Truly Scary About ‘The Ghost Bride’

10 Feb 2020

How to Receive the Robe & Bowl

7 Jul 2010

How To Better Learn, Contemplate & Practise The Dharma

3 Jun 2015

From The ‘Womb’ Of Attachment Or Love?

31 Aug 2011

Not Turning Away

13 Oct 2010

Are Vulgarities Okay?

25 Oct 2010

Do Films Reflect Or Recreate ‘Reality’?

21 Jun 2021

Does Not Urging Precept-Violators To Repent Violate Any Precept? 不劝犯戒者忏悔是否犯戒？

20 Mar 2025

Can The Dharma Boost Self-Acceptance?

4 Aug 2015

How To Respond To Those Who Insist That We Eat Meat? 如何回应坚持我们吃肉的人？

4 Feb 2025

Don’t Be ‘Dumb And Dumber To'(o)!

15 May 2015

A ‘Nightcrawler’ Who Failed To Be ‘Superman’

3 May 2015

Why Veganism Is The ‘Beginning’ & ‘End’ Of Vegetarianism

2 Mar 2016

Triple Take On The ‘Triple Frontier’

3 May 2019

Are Kids Growing Up Faster These Days?

20 Jun 2018

Blossoms

20 Sep 2014

Karma As ‘The Accountant’ Ultimately

19 Apr 2017

[7] How To Offer Benefits To All

16 Jan 2019

Brief Remarks On A Brief Answer To A Big Question

12 Feb 2019

Can Offerings Be Offered Again?

4 Jun 2019

What To Relate To The Triple Gem?

24 Oct 2016

How To Improve Practice Of Going Vegan?

16 Jan 2024

The Bodhisattva Precepts Are Like A Lamp, Mirror And Maṇi Gem

25 Oct 2024

[E] How Is The Monastic Community Destroyed In The Dharma-Ending Age? 僧团如何在末法时期被破坏？

29 Aug 2019

How The Buddha Eventually Advocated Veganism

15 Jun 2016

Do the Worthier

4 Mar 2010

unrecognizable man showing thumb up on city street

Patient & Sincere Efforts

25 Jul 2015

multicolored church interior

Do We Have To Relearn The Dharma Life To Life?

29 Jun 2013

Why Are Buddhas Also Bodhisattvas?

23 Aug 2012

See The Moon Beyond The Finger 超指见月

26 Jan 2024

photo of a blurred hand and finger point to the moon at night

Can Chanting Where The Deceased Are Not At Benefit Them?

11 Oct 2018

Four Seeds To Guard

4 Dec 2018

‘Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story’… In The Afterlife Too?

23 May 2022

Count Your Blessings To Treasure Them Well

3 Oct 2024

Essence And Expressions

11 Apr 2025

Is It Alright To Recite Sūtra Mentally?

20 Jun 2023

Can We Freeze & Resurrect One Another?

23 Apr 2015

Must Mantras Be Chanted Accurately?

11 Jul 2018

How Does ‘Attack On Titan’ Relate To Humans?

5 Sep 2018

Is It Possible To Fire With Compassion?

31 Oct 2017

From Mindfulness To Buddhahood

5 Jan 2015

Is The Gambling Trade Right Livelihood?

7 Nov 2011

cards casino chance chip

A Brief Introduction Of Pure Land

28 Feb 2014

How To Be ‘Ant-Man’ Without Shrinking!

29 Aug 2015

What If I Cannot Observe The Precepts Perfectly?

1 Oct 2024

What Is Worthy

19 Oct 2011

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Quickly Accomplish Buddhahood 速成佛

26 Jul 2024

golden sculpture of buddha

Who is ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’?

2 Sep 2009

Best Spiritual School

23 Mar 2011

Be Like The Rock

13 Sep 2024

brown mountain

What Is Nirvāṇa? 何为涅槃?

18 Feb 2025

gold buddha statue

Which Buddha Should We Pay Homage To?

29 Nov 2017

The Second Best Story I Know

6 Jun 2024

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Does Grumbling About Others Break Any Precept?

26 Dec 2024

Verse On Refuge In Sangha

20 Jul 2016

Why The ‘Same’ River Is A ‘Different’ River

26 Apr 2014

More Mud, Less Lotuses

28 Dec 2023

pink lotus flower

Live Only In The Moment?

24 Jan 2011

‘This Is The End’ Of The ‘Line’?

27 May 2017

How Much Pure Gold Is There In Your Golden Rule?

22 Aug 2024

green grass close up photo

‘Einstein And The Bomb’s Paradoxes

26 Feb 2024

Is There A Wrong Time To Chant?

2 Jul 2019

‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ Of Bodhisattvas?

2 Sep 2015

Are You ‘Possessed’ Of Even Quicker Wits?

29 Jul 2019

Short Yet Big Lessons From ‘The Big Short’

18 May 2017

Do You Desire For More Or Less Desires?

29 Nov 2017

Dust Dance

14 Feb 2014

Of Gods, Demi-Gods & Humans In ‘Wonder Woman’

2 Aug 2017

Please Don’t ‘Kill The Messenger’!

22 Nov 2015

You Are Always In Control

3 Oct 2011

Never Join The Demon Dance

4 Apr 2025

Why Should I Help Anyone At All?

18 Aug 2017

Remember This From ‘Insidious: The Red Door’

18 Dec 2023

Does The ‘Mask Girl’ Encouraging Masking?

4 Sep 2023

Can Practising The Good Dharma Create Bad Karma?

10 Jan 2011

If Remorse Is ‘Bad’, Why Practise Repentance?

6 Aug 2014

Three Key Points On Threefold Pure Meat 三净肉之三重点

13 Jun 2023

What A Wonder!

16 Jun 2023

frustrated ethnic man in casual wear on blue background in studio

Self-Destruction

13 Dec 2010

man in black sweater sitting on chair

First Noble Truth

14 Mar 2011

Is It Not Compassionate To Have Children?

15 Jun 2015

baby sleeping on white cotton

Self-Deceit Before Other-Deceit 先自欺后欺他

20 Dec 2019

Love Not Terrorism But Hate Not Terrorists

24 Jul 2017

The First Step To Improve & Perfect Your Life

27 Jan 2015

How To Overcome Bullying?

17 Nov 2022

child showing a message written in a notebook

Which Realm Has The Most Beings?

9 Mar 2021

Is It ‘Better’ To Eat More Small Animals Or One Big One?

16 Jun 2020

Giving Of Alms In Turn Superior 施饭转胜

26 Nov 2021

‘The Prize Winner Of Defiance, Ohio’ In A ‘Few’ Words

18 Jul 2018

The Buddha’s Warnings Against Demonic False Teachers

19 Dec 2012

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10 Reasons Why ‘Iron Fist’ Is No Buddhist

5 Jul 2017

Live & Die

28 Jun 2013

Have You Heeded The Five Heavenly Messengers’ Warnings Yet? 五位天使的警告您听了吗？

7 Mar 2024

persons left hand with purple manicure

How To Have More Peace

31 Jan 2020

Is It Okay To Vent Anger When Stressed?

15 Jun 2016

So, What Do You Eat?

5 Oct 2023

What Makes The Worldly Go Round & Round?

29 Jan 2019

Is It Advisable To Live With Ghosts?

12 Mar 2024

personin ghost costume holding a lantern

Three Ways To Urge Those Doing Well To Learn Buddhism

18 Feb 2021

How To Advise Fault-Finding Buddhist Students?

28 Mar 2024

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Meet Ron The White-‘BlackkKlansman’

21 Sep 2020

Is Giving Virtual Life Meritorious?

28 Feb 2014

Repentance As Cure

20 Oct 2015

The Meta Nature Of ‘The Meddler’

24 Oct 2016

How Do You Tame Your Six ‘Animals’?

25 Oct 2018

How Well Should You Observe The Precepts?

5 Apr 2014

How To Not Be ‘Haunted’?

19 Oct 2019

Verse For Lamp-Lighting (点灯偈)

21 Feb 2018

Sutra Practice

18 Apr 2012

What is the Whole of the Holy Life?

3 Dec 2009

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Same Old Same Old? What’s New?

10 Aug 2011

The Dharma In A Bowl Of Curry Rice

22 Dec 2014

cooked rice and curry food served on white plate

Precepts Matter

8 Jun 2011

Is Coffee After Mealtime Permitted On Eight Precepts’ Days?

10 Jan 2023

top view photo of coffee near tablet

Are Accident Victims Bodhisattvas?

5 Apr 2011

a broken windshield of a car

Verse On Refuge In Buddhas

7 Jul 2016

How To Properly Have ‘No Time To Die’ 如何正确无暇赴死

14 Oct 2024

Buddha & Self

22 Dec 2014

Vengeance ‘In A Valley Of Violence’

22 Feb 2017

Are You Ready To Face ‘Yourself’?

19 Apr 2018

The Importance of Inter-Religious Harmony

22 Feb 2012

Verse On Gratitude

25 Apr 2018

Should Buddhists Encourage Marriage Or Matchmake?

14 Jan 2025

black and silver ring

How to Know If Karma is Real?

12 Aug 2010

Seven Ironies In ‘Ilo Ilo’

6 Apr 2014

Can Accidental Mention Of Death Cause Actual Death?

4 Dec 2018

How To Help An Angry Family Member?

8 Feb 2017

Should I Dedicate Merits To Myself First?

20 Aug 2014

The Most Reliable Buddhist Practice

27 May 2017

Three Lessons From ‘Wave Makers’ And ‘Queenmaker’

8 May 2023

[7] Is Buddhism Another Religion Or Beyond Religion?

26 Jul 2022

gautama buddha statue

8 ‘Nocturne’ Lessons That Came To Light

5 Aug 2024

How Bridesmaids Meet Revata’s Ghosts And Theseus’ Ship

30 Mar 2016

Bodhisattvas Do Not Eat Meat 菩萨不食肉

25 Nov 2022

Verses On Pure Affinities 净缘偈

15 Dec 2023

a giant buddha statue in gakwonsa temple in south korea

Where Are We Based?

10 Jan 2011

black laptop computer turned on showing computer codes

Should We All Monkey See Monkey Do?

27 Mar 2015

Will ‘Mortdecai’ Be Alright In The End?

24 Jun 2015

The Secret Life Of ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’?

1 Nov 2018

Can There Be Much Yet Nothing To Buy?

22 Aug 2018

How To Better Offer Incense?

3 Jun 2015

A Water Offering

26 May 2014

Full Awareness

16 Oct 2009

Verse On Diligent Learning 勤学偈

1 Jul 2022

wood man people woman

Middle Path Between Samsara & Nirvana

6 Jan 2011

Are Prometheus And Sisyphus Not You And Me?

26 Sep 2024

Verse On Entertainment

10 Feb 2016

Why Look For A Needle In A Haystack Without Needles?

24 Nov 2022

food wood summer countryside

The Dilemma Of Living As Spiritual ‘Hermits’

13 Mar 2023

Do We Chant Just To Show Respect?

24 Sep 2019

Are Negative Karma And Negative Habits The Same?

16 Mar 2021

Is ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ True Or False?

13 Jan 2025

Are the Enlightened Among Us Now?

5 May 2010

When Best Friends Become Worst Colleagues

25 Sep 2009

Let Go & Pick Up

19 Apr 2013

Are Teachers Reflections Of Their Students?

25 Oct 2011

mother helping her daughter with her homework

How To Neither Meet Nor Become Mara!

10 Nov 2017

What Is Good & Evil?

30 Nov 2015

Are Sea Cucumbers Animals?

23 Feb 2015

Is It Alright For Buddhists To Buy Cigarettes For Others?

6 Aug 2024

close up photo of cigarette ashes

Must We Not Eat The Kinds Of Animals Liberated?

30 Jan 2012

a man holding a carp fish

Do Buddhas Help Many All The Time?

8 May 2016

Is There Predestinated Fate?

3 Apr 2019

Why Does The Bad Happen To The Good?

13 Sep 2018

A Monkey’s Satire On Human ‘Love’?

3 Aug 2020

How To Relate To The Great And Small Vehicles’ Teachings?

14 Sep 2021

Most Important

20 Sep 2012

high angle photo of woman on ladder

Be Awake To Be Fully Awakened

13 Mar 2025

a statue of buddha

Is Medium Advice Trustworthy?

18 Jun 2024

An Imaginary Movie On Water Ghosts’ Origins

27 Sep 2018

Do All Religions Share The Same Essence?

21 Feb 2018

Can Those Who Die From Dementia Reach Pure Land?

11 Mar 2025

I’m Taking A Ride With My Best Friend

6 Jun 2019

The Unseen Power Of Karmic Affinities

10 Jan 2012

elderly old person scarf

New & Unique

24 Jan 2011

Verse On Thorns

30 Aug 2017

How To Enjoy Life More Fully

10 Aug 2012

What Is The Meaning Of Life?

8 Apr 2015

What Are The Benefits Of Committing To The Bodhisattva Precepts?

8 Jun 2021

Lost & Found

9 Jan 2013

Did The Buddha Ever Say The Disagreeable?

1 Nov 2018

Are Saṃsāra & The Sahā World Same?

17 Mar 2020

Verse On Four Immeasurable Minds 四无量心偈

22 Mar 2024

photo of a row of buddha sculptures

What If the Joke’s On You?

5 Feb 2010

Axe

1 Jan 2019

‘Beyond 24’ Good Reasons To Live Vegan

9 Mar 2016

Gateless Gate

30 Aug 2011

light trails on highway at night

Is Wanting To Be Muscular Greed?

13 Nov 2013

Can Females Reordain As Buddhist Nuns?

9 Jun 2017

Past As Prologue

23 Dec 2021

majestic sunset sky over big buddha statue

With Slander As No Slander 谤为无谤

21 Jul 2023

Poem On No Fear 不畏诗

17 Mar 2023

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How A Dragon Girl Attained ‘Instant’ Buddhahood

24 May 2011

Return of ‘The Wolfman’

23 Feb 2010

Do Not Let The Six Virtues Become Six Disadvantages 勿让六德变六弊

11 Aug 2023

gray concrete statue near the wooden door

Uphold The Bodhisattva Precepts Like The Grass Tied Monks 持菩萨戒如草系比丘

10 Oct 2024

grass in close up photography

True Spiritual Friends 真善知

3 Apr 2019

[2] How To See Ourselves When Relating To Others

12 Dec 2018

Your Worst Enemy

30 Jun 2010

white bubble illustration

Can Those Who Misrepresent The Dharma To Many Avoid Hell?

18 Jan 2022

Does Good Triumph Over Evil?

30 Aug 2017

Heavenly Demons Disturbing The Buddha 天魔娆佛

12 Mar 2021

Zombie

28 Nov 2013

The Gun Of ‘Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster Frankenstein’

2 Sep 2019

How AI Tried To Vindicate The Creator Idea (Without Much Conviction)

11 May 2023

Right Contemplation To Resist Lust 正观敌色

19 Feb 2021

Verse On Bedding

30 Sep 2016

‘Creation’ Of Evolution

27 Sep 2011

How A Great Master Repented Slander Of The Mahāyāna Teachings 大师如何忏悔诽谤大乘教理？

28 Nov 2019

Did ‘Christine’ Create Reality TV?

20 Feb 2019

Verse On Shaving

1 Jun 2016

Explanation Of The Five Contemplations At Mealtimes To Retain 食存五观的解释

19 Apr 2017

Verse On Adornment

24 Feb 2016

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Who Returned As Master

30 Sep 2019

‘The Hunt’ For A Crazy Lady

26 Sep 2022

Do We Live In ‘Paper Towns’?

24 Nov 2015

‘The Mother’ Who Did Not Empathise With A Father

22 May 2023

Can The Bereaved Or Menstruating Visit Buddhist Temples?

11 Jan 2014

a woman sitting on the chair

‘Toc Toc’, OCD OCD…

24 May 2018

How The Future Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva ‘First’ Visited Hell

12 Jan 2019

[4] How To See The Suffering And Insufferable

26 Dec 2018

How ‘Birdman’ Spoke The Dharma

14 Apr 2015

Can Buddhist Monastics Change To Lay Clothes?

30 Nov 2015

Why End Conflicts Now?

10 Apr 2019

‘Begin Again’, Play It Again?

24 Feb 2016

How To Pray For Non-Buddhists?

30 Dec 2015

How To Give Wisely To Those Truly In Need?

9 Jul 2019

Have You Seen the Buddha Yet?

25 May 2010

Why Do The Enlightened Sometimes Conceal Their Identities?

13 Dec 2022

gautama buddha statuettes inside brown and white room

‘Star Trek: Beyond’ Being Episodic

23 Nov 2016

Where Is Freedom?

16 Aug 2019

What’s Left To Do

5 Feb 2010

wood man people woman

What To Make Of ‘Wounds’?

4 Nov 2019

How To Work With Problematic Team Members?

4 Sep 2013

How The Buddha Enjoys Wonderful Scenery

30 Aug 2012

Victory & Defeat

21 Jun 2012

two silver chess pieces on white surface

Which Day Is Auspicious?

23 Feb 2015

Let’s Extend The Starfish Story!

8 Feb 2017

Should I Use Chanting To Fall Asleep?

20 Apr 2020

How To Repay The Buddha’s Kindness 如何报佛恩

13 Jan 2023

gautama buddha statue

Will ‘The Double’ You Inspire Or Shame You?

20 Oct 2015

Some ‘Beef’y Existential Issues?

1 May 2023

Have You ‘Signed Up’ For Spiritual Insurance?

20 Jun 2019

Non-Dual Form & Emptiness

27 Jun 2011

Can Plants Be Reborn?

25 Jul 2013

Differences Of Refuge And Respect

11 Oct 2011

An Ancient Law

20 Feb 2019

A Day Better Than A Hundred Years 百岁不如一日

23 Aug 2019

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’, Not Far From Reality?

27 Jan 2020

‘S Storm’ For Clearing Corruption

28 Dec 2016

What Is The Best Way To Depart?

10 Mar 2022

Should One’s Past Form Be Seen As Empty?

2 Aug 2017

Breaking Free Of Rebirth In ‘Thor: Ragnarok’

12 Aug 2019

How To Help Those With Sudden Deaths?

12 Dec 2014

‘Army Of The Dead’ (2021) Revives Ethical Issues

25 May 2021

Verse On Purity

18 Jan 2017

What Is This Certain Sutra About?

27 Aug 2020

Some ‘Bulgasal’ (Impossible To Kill) Truths

17 Jan 2022

Perfectly Imperfect

16 Oct 2009

How To Handle Workplace Negativity?

27 Dec 2015

Did The Buddha Die? 佛陀死了吗？

25 Feb 2025

huge statue of sleeping buddha

How To Convince Karma Exists?

17 Jan 2018

Why Eat Plants As They Have Life Too?

22 Feb 2017

Grief Vs Joy

7 Jun 2019

What Is Most Essential For Buddhists To Master?

13 Sep 2022

a giant buddha statue in gakwonsa temple in south korea

Don’t Lose The ‘Most Dangerous Game’

22 Jul 2024

How The Buddha Relieved A Triple Disaster 佛陀如何救济三大灾难

1 Jun 2020

Why Are There Few New Buddhist Ghost Stories? 为何新的佛教鬼故事不多？

2 May 2024

spooky ghost

When You See Someone Dressed Just Like You

18 May 2017

How Not To Portray The ‘Buddha’

2 Dec 2014

What ‘Nuggets’ Are You Hooked On?

5 Mar 2015

Can I Prostrate Without A Shrine?

25 Jul 2015

Some Universal Wisdom In ‘Central Intelligence’?

18 Jan 2017

Full Emptiness

3 May 2015

Thoughts On ‘The Haunting Of Hill House’

27 Nov 2018

Why Vanya’s Power In ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Doesn’t Sound Right

18 Apr 2019

Should Buddhists Pray On The 100th Day Of Death?

6 Dec 2022

Is Life With Perfect Order Or Total Chaos?

2 Mar 2018

Contemplate The Sound Of The Buddha’s Name 观佛音

5 Apr 2024

bodhisattva guanyin statue in the temple in zhongyuan china

Is The Four-Faced ‘Buddha’ A Buddha? 四面’佛’是佛吗？

27 Apr 2023

buddha statue

‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’ Of Undercover ‘Bodhisattvas & Maras’?

27 Dec 2015

How Two Grandsons Married Their ‘Grandmothers’ 二孙如何娶祖母

31 Oct 2019

How Reconnection Rekindled A Friendship (Or How Assumption Fizzled A Relationship)

19 Dec 2024

two men standing on grass field

Should Craig Call ‘Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’?

31 Oct 2022

Brightness & Darkness

14 Feb 2020

The ‘Wu Xia’ Koan Of Forgiveness

2 Aug 2011

What Are You Practising Mindfulness For?

3 Aug 2016

Wealth And Sex Attracts Suffering 财色招苦

28 May 2021

The Cute-ification Of ‘Chupa’cabras?

12 Jun 2023

Is It Alright To Feed Deceased Animals To Living Animals?

23 Feb 2021

Verses On Vices Vs Virtues

11 Jul 2018

Wholehearted Mindfulness Of The Buddha Is Cultivation Of Precepts, Concentration And Wisdom 一心念佛时，即修戒定慧

10 Nov 2022

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Why Share Pure Land Testimonies And Learn From Them? 为何分享与学习净土感应录？

23 Mar 2023

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Matter Of Life & Death

12 Oct 2012

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‘Emily The Criminal’ Still Unrepentant

21 Aug 2023

Prepared For The ‘Shockwave’ Of Your Life?

28 Dec 2017

The Secret of the Buddha’s Smile

14 Mar 2011

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Why Do Buddhists Practise Fasting?

7 Jul 2020

Verse On Toileting

25 Jan 2017

‘Arrival’ Of Mis/communication

8 Jul 2019

Sparrow

5 Feb 2014

Why Tezuka’s ‘Buddha’ Is No Buddha

3 Dec 2014

Is Having Buddha Wallpapers Alright?

27 Jun 2023

close up shot of a buddha statue

How To Constantly Comply With Sentient Beings?

24 Sep 2024

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Actions And Speech Should Match The True Mind 身口应对真心

18 Nov 2022

Beware Of The ‘John Wick’ Syndrome!

27 May 2015

When Is Your Good Or Bad Karma’s ‘Due Date’?

13 Jul 2017

A Buddhist Retells The Myth Of Orpheus & Eurydice

8 Mar 2018

How To Spiritually Deliver And Be Delivered 如何超度与得度

20 Jun 2024

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The Foremost Pure Land 第一净土

12 May 2023

What Really Matters

28 Feb 2014

Are You a Moth Entranced by the Fire?

10 Sep 2009

Be A Good Friend

15 May 2015

Vast Yet Fine

22 Apr 2010

How Do I Handle An Abusive Spouse?

14 Feb 2016

How Did We Fall?

29 Apr 2010

Disappointment

15 Mar 2013

Not Different

21 Aug 2009

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What Language To Chant In To Help The Deceased?

27 Feb 2019

The Girl Who Ate Too Many Lollipops

4 May 2018

What is Your Totem of Reality?

19 Jan 2011

Is Telling Half-Truths Lying?

22 Jun 2021

Idol Worship?

4 Jul 2012

water summer garden lake

Verse On Giving

15 Mar 2017

The Unalienation Of ‘The Alienist’

6 Jun 2018

All Too Human, The ‘League Of Gods’

8 Feb 2017

With Wisdom’s Brightness Destroy The Demonic 智明破魔

25 Sep 2020

Verse On Renunciation (1)

6 Apr 2016

Are Cordyceps Considered Vegetarian?

25 Oct 2018

Hey! It’s Nothing Personal!

28 Feb 2011

Who Is The Beguiler & ‘The Beguiled’?

26 Jul 2018

Walk A Mile In Shoes Of ‘The Cobbler’

13 Aug 2015

Why Do Some Buddhists Die Of Incurable Sicknesses?

9 Mar 2016

Eradicate Bad Minds

24 Jan 2020

Why Is ‘The Laughing Buddha’ Laughing?

22 Jul 2010

Can I Read Dharma Books On Bed?

10 Mar 2014

Family Verse For Laypeople

11 Jan 2016

Should Others Smile Or Cry At Your Wake?

22 Dec 2022

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Do Buddhas Have Selective Compassion?

4 Dec 2013

How Giving Rise To Aspiration For Birth In Pure Land Aligns With The Four Noble Truths And Four Great Vows 发愿往生净土如何对齐四圣谛与四弘誓愿

8 Aug 2024

‘Gulliver’s Travels’ Vs Moggallana’s Journey

5 Jan 2011

Should You Be Good For Goodness’ Sake?

14 Jun 2012

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Is It ‘Better’ To Eat Bigger Animals?

22 Dec 2014

Verses On The Greatest Noble Ones 最大圣偈

23 Feb 2024

buddha statue in hajdarabad

The Fluttering Feathers Of ‘Forrest Gump’

12 Jun 2015

‘Suzume’ Reflections On One Portal, Gateway, Keystone And Feeling

4 Nov 2024

Be Mindful Of Precepts To Be Near The Path 念戒近道

25 Jul 2020

Why Veganism is Not an Extreme Way of Life

14 Jan 2010

Should We Just Give Without Thinking?

19 Apr 2013

Have You Taken Refuge in the Inner Triple Gem?

9 Jun 2010

Attain The World By Knowing Its Illusoriness 达世知幻

9 Apr 2020

Are You The Hackberry Priest?

11 Feb 2015

Verse On Full Filiality

18 Jan 2016

What Is A High, Broad And Big Bed? 何为高广大床？

8 Oct 2024

How Death Hinders Progress To Liberation

20 Apr 2013

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Truth Over ‘The Theory Of Everything’

27 Jan 2015

Blame

29 Oct 2013

Can ‘My Name’ Be Neither Prey Nor Predator?

8 Nov 2021

Everything

5 Sep 2012

‘Parasyte: The Grey’ Zone Between

20 May 2024

How To Be Inexhaustible Joyful Lamps Of The Dharma

10 Jan 2013

What If I Lack Time For Buddhist Classes?

25 Jun 2019

The Law of Attraction ‘Vs’ Karma?

29 Feb 2012

High Time To Transform Our Resolutions To Vows!

27 Jan 2013

How To Know If A Deed Is Against The Precepts?

30 Apr 2024

Letting Go While According With Conditions

23 Jun 2015

Ten Quotes And Lessons From ‘Eric’

19 Aug 2024

An ‘Apostle’ Of The Earth Goddess?

4 Dec 2018

Why Is Buddhahood Manifested In The Human Realm?

21 Dec 2021

Why Do Some Bodhisattva Images Have Many Faces And Arms?

25 Apr 2023

‘Clash Of The Titans’ (2010) & Humans

7 Apr 2010

Verse On Dustless Roads

5 Jul 2017

Middle Path Of Compassion?

23 Mar 2011

‘Thank You For Your Service’, But…

27 Feb 2019

Is A Buddha Image In A Bedroom Okay?

28 Mar 2012

black buddha head figurine

Is My Teacher Testing My Patience?

29 Oct 2014

An Awakening Walk Through Bly Manor

1 Mar 2021

In Quiet And Noisy Places All Cultivating Practices 静闹处皆修行

13 Oct 2023

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How Right Is Your Livelihood?

9 May 2012

Changing Karmic Affinities

27 Jan 2010

Countdown Reflection

24 May 2024

hourglass on brown wooden frame

How Comedies Can Become Scary Movies

11 Nov 2019

How To Easier Accept A Loved One’s Suffering

2 Sep 2010

Does Buddhism Promote Medium Practice?

29 Jan 2019

Truths Behind ‘The Mermaid’ Myth

17 Feb 2016

Can A Buddha Shrine Be Low?

6 Sep 2012

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Not in Vain

16 Jul 2009

Five Poisons

14 Jun 2019

Verse On Springs

13 Dec 2017

What Was Behind the Buddha’s Silent Answer?

25 Jul 2009

How To Handle Attachment To Mementoes

25 Sep 2013

Can ‘Buddhists’ Not Believe In Rebirth?

4 Dec 2012

Non-Anger & Non-Violence

24 Jun 2022

silhouette of man with oil lamp on shore at sunset

Does Thinking Of Harm Harms?

18 Aug 2011

The Good, The Evil And The Pure 善恶净

18 May 2023

Verse On Gathering

18 Mar 2016

Verse On Good Roots

16 Nov 2016

Do Not Mistake Ordinary Helping As Actual Delivering Of Sentient Beings 勿以帮众为度生

10 Aug 2023

Lessons On ‘The Fundamentals Of Caring’

29 Jan 2019

Was That Truly A Buddhist Teaching?

21 Dec 2017

How To Be Free From Demonic Obstacles

26 Jun 2015

The Thus Come One’s Body Constantly Abides 如来身常住

19 Jan 2024

a giant buddha statue in gakwonsa temple in south korea

Why The Dharma Is The Greatest Gift

6 Apr 2013

To Attain Buddhahood First Or Guide Others To Attain Buddhahood First? 先成佛或先度众？

13 Oct 2022

A Minute To The Midnight Of ‘Inferno’

22 Mar 2017

How Does Buddhism Explain Natural Disasters?

19 Apr 2018

Be True Buddhas’ Disciples 成真佛子

7 Feb 2025

black loop of prayer beads in hands

‘Ted 2’ (Too) Is Sentient?

18 Jan 2016

How To Deal With Public Nuisances?

4 Dec 2012

portrait photo of woman in yellow t shirt doing the shh sign while standing in front of blue background

12 ‘Stowaway’ Questions On Life And Death

10 Oct 2022

Do The Evil Live Shorter Or Longer?

1 Nov 2022

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Why Are Some Buddhists Not Monastics Here & Now?

31 Oct 2017

Aunt Agony Here!

20 Oct 2010

Foremost Path To Buddhahood

8 Apr 2015

‘Venom: The Last Dance’… Goes On?

19 May 2025

What Is Love Under ‘A Full Bright Moon’?

25 Apr 2018

Verses On Joy & Suffering

8 Mar 2018

Ten ‘Faceless’ Truths To Face

9 Feb 2025

Is There A God Who Allows Suffering?

13 Apr 2016

Verses On Summer

25 Oct 2018

What Is (Not) Self-Praising And Slandering Of Others?

29 Oct 2024

The First Things In ‘Cities Of Last Things’

22 Jul 2019

On Students & Teachers In ‘The Kominsky Method’

6 Jan 2020

Should We Follow Only One Teacher’s Teachings?

16 Oct 2015

Fare Well Now For ‘The Farewell’ Later

11 Oct 2021

Are You Fighting A Viral Disease Or Viral Fear?

9 Jul 2020

What If I Forgot A Death Anniversary?

25 Jan 2021

‘The Best Of Enemies’ As Better Friends

20 Jan 2020

Verse On River

31 Oct 2017

Interdependence

28 Mar 2012

Higher Ground

5 Apr 2014

Is Buddhism Against Childbirth?

29 Aug 2012

toddler wearing head scarf in bed

The Buddha’s Eight Remedies For Drowsiness

31 May 2012

a girl yawning

So, How Are You Doing?

6 Mar 2025

woman in yellow top waving

Is Dying Younger More Unfortunate?

17 Jun 2021

Is ‘The Dressmaker’ The Character-Maker Too?

20 Jul 2016

Why Merits Can Only Be Partially Dedicated?

18 Oct 2017

Value True Cultivation 贵真实修行

8 Sep 2023

young man meditating in easy sit position

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Lack Of Logic On Balance

28 Oct 2019

How To Vanquish ‘The Darkness’?

11 Oct 2018

When Teachers are Not Yet One with the Dharma

26 Nov 2009

smart adult female student reading book in studio

How ‘Demolition’ Led To Reconstruction

21 Dec 2017

Our ‘Escape Room’ To Escape From

26 Aug 2019

15 Lessons From ‘The Glory’

15 May 2023

Are You More Human Than ‘Reptile’?

2 Oct 2023

Are You Reborn Or Reincarnated?

26 Mar 2014

Love All

30 Oct 2009

All Buddhas Only Have The One Buddha Vehicle 诸佛唯一佛乘 Verses On The Only One Buddha Vehicle 唯一佛乘偈

25 Aug 2023

gray concrete statue near the green plant

[1] Why Learn The Buddha’s Teachings?

22 Feb 2022

Is It Advisable For Buddhists To Burn Paper Offerings For The Deceased? 佛教徒该为亡者烧纸扎供品吗？

23 Apr 2024

black smoke coming from fire

Does Being Angry Break Any Buddhist Precept?

24 Feb 2015

Hail Humour Of ‘Hail, Caesar!’

18 Aug 2016

How To Appreciate Blooming & Withering Peonies

13 Dec 2017

‘Justice League’ On Bodhisattva Heroism

24 Jan 2018

The Middle Path Between Relative & Absolute Truths

8 Apr 2010

‘I Am Mother’ Of Project Human Being?

24 Jun 2019

Books • Letters • » sutras & treatises

FAQs On The Pure Land Passport Book

25 Apr 2018

Introduction To ‘The Pure Land Passport’

16 Dec 2015

Always Be Noble

17 Feb 2023

brass buddha statue in close up shot

How To Truly Benefit The Departed Beyond Offering Food? 除了供养食物，如何真正利益亡者？

16 May 2023

Is Mercy-Killing Really Merciful?

26 Jan 2014

close up photo of sleeping dog

Not Fully Adequate

26 Mar 2010

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How To Handle Damaged Dharma Materials

15 Mar 2013

white and black photocopier machine

Are Your Blessings Going Up In Smoke?

30 Sep 2015

Does Meat-Eating Break The First Precept?

23 Aug 2011

The ‘Brightburn’ Alternative To Superman

3 Feb 2020

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