Suddenly,the dog stops barking…Lotus blossoms! – Issa 犬の声ぱつたり止て蓮の花inu no koe pattari yamite...
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Should You Be More Keen On Dharma Learning...
He is not ‘one versed in the Dharma’ just because he talks much. He who hears only a...
A Profound & Essential One-Word Teaching
Briefly, without being mindful of death, whatever Dharma practices you take up will be merely...
How To Win ‘The Scorch Trials’
‘The Scorch Trials’ is part two of ‘The Maze Runner’ series. The Gladers...
Verse On Equanimous Care
妻子集会，当愿众生，怨亲平等，永离贪著。 — 文殊菩萨(华严经: 净行品11: 第3偈) [When] wife and children gather,[reflect that]...
The ‘Go Drink Tea’ Koan...
何为禅？ 何非禅？ 何须问？ 吃茶去！ What is Zen? What is not Zen? Why need ask? Go drink tea! 《赵州禅师语录》:...
Cherry Blossoms Haiku
Tomorrow and tomorrow, Will they still be? Cherry blossoms – Issa 翌あらばあらばと思ふ桜哉 asu araba araba to...
Verse On Full Filiality
孝事父母，当愿众生，善事于佛，护养一切。 – 文殊菩萨 (华严经: 净行品11: 第2偈) [With] filiality serving [one’s] father...
Mundane Vs Supramundane Perfection of Giving
True giving away hopes for no takeaway. Being able to give [to help] is itself the...
Why Do Some Buddhist Texts Seem...
Question: Why do some Buddhist texts (sutras and treatises) seem vague, ‘saying...
‘Ted 2’ (Too) Is Sentient?
In ‘Ted 2’, there is surprising probe into the mystery of what makes one a person;...
The Parable Of Me & Mine
If even our strongest worldly attachments we too will lose attachment to later, why be so attached...