You all Bhikṣus, [when] receiving all drinks [and] food, should [be] like taking medicine. Of...
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Are The Bothersome All Karmic Creditors?
Question: Are those I feel bothered by my karmic creditors (冤亲债主)? Answer: Anyone or even anything...
An Existential Crisis Of ‘Mine’?
A lone soldier who found himself standing on what could be a mine in the middle of a desert brings...
Words Haiku
Words thatpoint the wayare not the way.
Four Steps For The Dharma
Do not just learn; contemplate too.Do not just contemplate; practise too.Do not just practise;...
The Buddhas And Bodhisattvas Are Always...
An enlightened smilereveals that all is wellfor the one smiling.— Shilashanti The Buddhas and...
With The Straightforward Mind Sever...
汝等比丘，谄曲之心，与道相违。是故宜应质直其心。 You all Bhikṣus, [should know that the] mind of flattery, with [the] path...
Why Is There Aversion Of Some?
Question: Why do we sometimes have inexplicable aversion of some sentient beings...
How Justice Was Served To ‘My...
The synopsis of this true crime documentary reads, ‘A father believed his daughter had been...
Shame Haiku
Those with moral shamewill be free from the shameful,while the shameless will not be so.
Verse On Being Without Patience 无忍偈
真忍无忍，忍无可忍。忍者所忍，皆无所住。 — 直弦子 True patience is without patience,thus patient without that to be...
You Can Always Control Your Interpretations...
We don’t always control what happens to us. But we always control how we interpret what...