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Beyond Yet Within
A[n ideal] monastic is a humanwho is separated from alland who is in harmony with all. –...
Verse On Dharma-Speaking
若说法时， 当愿众生， 得无尽辩， 广宣法要。 – 文殊菩萨 (华严经: 净行品: 第123偈) If speaking the Dharma,* [reflect that] ‘May...
The ‘Three Provisions’ For...
设我得佛，十方众生， 至心信乐，欲生我国， 乃至十念，若不生者，不取正觉。 唯除五逆，诽谤正法。 – 释迦牟尼佛 《佛说无量寿经》 阿弥陀佛第十八大愿 If I, [Dharmākara...
One Hell Of An Act Of Compassion
Hell is absence of compassion by oneself and for oneself, by others and for others. – Shilashanti...
Do Doctors Create Negative Karma By Healing?
Question: When a doctor heals a patient, does the doctor personally create negative karma, by not...
Nobler Brotherhood For ‘A Better...
‘A Better Tomorrow 2018’ (英雄本色 2018) almost seems like exploration on what brotherhood...
Greed Haiku
If not much needs to be spent, why make too much? If not much needs to be saved, give those with...
Verses On Eating
若饭食时，当愿众生，禅悦为食，法喜充满。 若受味时，当愿众生，得佛上味，甘露满足。 饭食已讫，当愿众生，所作皆办，具诸佛法。 – 文殊菩萨 (华严经: 净行品: 第120-122偈) If...
How Can We Handle Our Jealousy?
Spiritual cultivation is but the actualisation of our pure potential and deactivation of our...
There Is No ‘Need’ To Be...
The Buddha’s first teaching was a message with the greatest hope – telling us that all beings...
Why Does The Bad Happen To The Good?
Question: Why do good things happens to bad people, and bad things happen to good people...