The wise are grateful for their ancestors’ good, and never resentful for their mistakes. –...
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Extend The Five Precepts To Cover All
As all moral precepts extend from the Five Precepts, they are basic yet profound, in implications...
Can Buddhists Have Tattoos?
Question: Is it alright for Buddhists to have tattoos? Answer: Tattooing is okay… provided...
Who Are You Behind That Mask? (‘Hema...
What if there is a secret camp of sorts, amidst the mountains, where for a fortnight, all don masks...
Consideration Haiku
Consider the critic,* Consider the criticism,* Consider the criticised.* *for credibility and...
Woe & Bliss
Those who imagine evil where there is none, and do not see evil where it is — upholding false...
‘The Song Of Patience By Hánshān...
古人云：「何以息谤？」 曰：「无辩。」 又云：「吃得小亏，则不至于吃大亏。」 余三十年来屡次经验，深信此数语真实不虚。 弘一大师 《弘一大师全集》 Ancient ones...
Two Kinds Of Lion’s Roar
Truths are only surprising to those used to non-truths. – Shilashanti Two of the most important...
How Should We Handle Bad...
Question: It is unfortunate that there are some persons, who like to tell others that they are...
Not ‘Possessed’ Of Enough...
Featured in the middle of season 1 of ‘Possessed’, are some dialogues that a fictitious...
Morality Haiku
Morality is doing what should be done, not what should not be done.
How Bodhisattvas Should Always Practise...
忏悔文 (1) 我昔所造诸恶业， 皆由无始贪嗔痴， 从身语意之所生， 一切我今皆忏悔。 – 普贤菩萨 《华严经: 普贤行愿品》 Verse For Repentance (1) Of all my...