Question: As I am aspiring to be a Buddhist vegan also committing to the Five Precepts, what should...
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‘The Best Of Enemies’ As Better...
How do you transform an enemy, to make him or her a friend? By offering unconditional help as a...
Focus Haiku
Begin focusing now on what you have to at the end.
One Same Buddha-Nature 同一佛性
我肉众生肉，名殊体不殊，原同一种性，只是別形躯。 — 宋黄庭坚 My flesh and other sentient beings’ flesh,have names...
Are You Affected by the Bystander Effect?
The fully awakenedstand up fully,at the forefront. — Shilashanti The air-conditioning is way too...
Give The Dharma By Asking For It
Ask well if the answer matters to the welfare of you and/or all others.— Shilashanti Bodhisattvas...
Does Āmítuófó Have A Sexist Vow?
Question: The 35th Vow of Amitābha Buddha (阿弥陀佛: Āmítuófó) says that ‘if there are women who...
‘John Wick: Chapter 3 –...
The word ‘Parabellum’ comes from the the Latin adage, ‘Si vis pacem, para...
Madness Haiku
Who is totally mad,if mostly still ableto cross streets well?
Verse For Wearing Precepts’ Robe 搭缦衣偈
善哉解脱服，钵吒礼忏衣， 我今顶戴受， 世世常得披。 This excellent liberation garment,the Paṭṭa Prostration And Repentance...
How A Great Master Overcame Suffering From...
诸佛菩萨，念念念众。 众虽不念，仍慈悲念。 — 不弃偈 (1) All Buddhas and Bodhisattvas,from thought to thought are mindful...
Patience With Big & Small Frustrations...
Turning away and touching are both wrong.For it is like a massive fire.— Song of the Jewel Mirror...