净土十疑论 The Treatise On Ten Doubts About Pure Land 隋天台智者大师著 Written by Sui Dynasty’s Tiantai...
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Did The Buddha Die Of Food-Poisoning In Old...
Question: How is it that the Buddha could have died at 80 years old due to eating spoiled pork...
An Outsider’s Review Of ‘The...
‘The Outsider’ tells a fictitious tale of how a foreigner (gaijin) joined a yakuza...
Ego Haiku
Only keep dissolving; never hardening the ‘solid’ illusion of ego.
Verses On Joy & Suffering
见欢乐人，当愿众生，常得安乐，乐供养佛。 见苦恼人，当愿众生，获根本智，灭除众苦。 – 文殊菩萨 (华严经: 净行品: 第82-83偈)Seeing those who...
A Buddhist Retells The Myth Of Orpheus...
爱不重， 不生娑婆。 念不一， 不生极乐。 – 杨次公 (宋) (If greedy) attachment is not heavy, there will not be birth in...
All Great Trees Were Once Small Seeds
Since all good and evil start small, may all nurture even minor good, and never nurture even minor...
Why Are Plants Non-Sentient?
Question: If plants are also living things, why do they not have consciousnesses, like humans...
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Introduction To Buddhist Perspectives On...
Feedback: ‘Brother Shi’an, thank you for your enlightening talk this evening. It was...
Significance Haiku
Make a significant point or even a few major points, or this life would be pointless.
How Marvellous!
奇哉！奇哉！此诸众生云何具有如来智慧，愚痴迷惑，不知不见？ 我当教圣道，令其永离妄想执着，自于身中得见如来广大智慧与佛无异。 – 释迦牟尼佛《华严经》 Marvellous! Marvellous...