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Note Haiku
Note the noteworthy. Note not the rest. Share the noteworthy.
Verses On Vices Vs Virtues
若见城廓，当愿众生， 得坚固身，心无所屈。 若见王都，当愿众生， 功德共聚，心恒喜乐。 – 文殊菩萨 (华严经: 净行品: 第102-103偈) If seeing city walls...
Doubt The Doubtful To Realise The Truthful
Be it with skepticism or faith in the Buddha’s teachings, the Buddha welcomes all to question...
The Buddha’s Leading Lay...
In the case of words that the Tathagata knows to be unfactual, untrue, unbeneficial, unendearing...
Must Mantras Be Chanted Accurately?
Question: Is it such that when chanting a mantra like the Great Compassion Mantra, it must be...
Busting The ‘Ghostbusters’?
Despite the ‘good, clean (or rather slimy) fun’ portrayed in the comical...
Curb Haiku
They who curb not their deluded greed and hate are already curbed by them.
Verse On Dharma Kings & Princes
若见于王，当愿众生， 得为法王，恒转正法。 若见王子，当愿众生， 从法化生，而为佛子。 – 文殊菩萨 (华严经: 净行品: 第98-99偈) If seeing kings, [reflect...
Why We Should Ask & Answer Dharma...
Ask well to be answered well. Ask better to be answered better. – Stonepeace In the last line of...
The Hitter And The Hit
Practise to be as deliberate as you can now, so that you can be as free as you can later. –...
What Is The Simplest Way To Offer Food?
Question: As there are many long traditional chants for offering food, is there a simple version...