As long as you live,keep learninghow to live. — Seneca
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Poem On No Fear 不畏诗
我不畏恶名，恶名不须畏。四大亦无主，信你痛谤诽。 你自之于我，于我何所费？不辞应对你，至对无气味。 — 王梵志 As ‘self’ does not fear a bad...
The Delusion And Reality Of The...
Delusion The so-called ‘law’ of attraction proposesthat if you merely keep...
Upholding Of Precepts 持戒
「汝等比丘，于我灭后，当尊重珍敬波罗提木叉，如闇遇明，贫人得宝。当知此则是汝等大师，若我住世无异此也。 ‘You all Bhikṣus (i.e. monastics), after...
Can I Offer Lights And Food On Behalf Of The...
Question: Is it alright to make light offerings at my Buddhist shrine for living and departed...
The Dilemma Of Living As Spiritual...
As summarised, on living as hermits (隐士) on Mount Zhōngnán (终南山) for more focused spiritual...
Scales Haiku
Why balancegood and evil?Tip to good all the way!
Understand The Thus Come Ones’ True...
依文解义，三世佛冤。离经一字，即同魔说。 — 古德 Relying on Buddhist texts to explain their meanings [speculatively and...
A Drive Out Of Stormy Weather
The cold rain just rains.The hot sun just shines.The unwise just complain. — Shilashanti The cabbie...
With Shame Then Diligently Cultivate 惭愧而勤修
汝等比丘，昼则勤心修习善法，无令失时。初夜后夜，亦勿有废。中夜诵经，以自消息，无以睡眠因缘，令一生空过，无所得也。当念无常之火，烧诸世间，早求自度，勿睡眠也。 You all Bhikṣus, in...
What Time To Eat By On Eight Precepts’...
Question: How do we know what time to eat by on Eight Precepts’ (八戒) days, in order to...
Why Have ‘Selective Outrage’?
Sometimes, comedy is just wit, for laughs.Sometimes, comedy has wisdom, food for thought.Sometimes...