Tag - compassion
Some ‘Bulgasal’ (Impossible To Kill) Truths
Selfless Haiku
Is Guānyīn A Bodhisattva Or Buddha?
When Do Bodhisattvas Intervene To Help?
Are You Affected by the Bystander Effect?
Does Āmítuófó Have A Sexist Vow?
Those Who Care For The Buddha Should Care For The Sick Too
Loving-Kindness & Compassion 慈与悲
How Two Grandsons Married Their ‘Grandmothers’ 二孙如何娶祖母
How To Delight The Buddhas 如何令佛欢喜
‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Who Returned As Master
Is ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ Ours Too?
[D] Why Even The Enlightened Cannot Prevent The Dharma-Ending Age 为何甚至觉者阻止不了末法时期
The Three Kinds Of Patience
Can I Suffer On Behalf Of Others?
The Three Fields As Spiritual Capacities
Can Buddhists Have Tattoos?
‘The Song Of Patience By Hánshān & Shídé’ As Sung By The Bodhisattvas Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra & Maitreya 文殊、普贤与弥勒菩萨所唱的《寒山拾得忍耐歌》
Not ‘Possessed’ Of Enough Compassion & Wisdom
How Bodhisattvas Should Always Practise Repentance 菩萨应当如何常修忏悔
How The Buddha Saved A Suicidal Girl
How The Buddha Redirected A Precious Offering
Should Buddhists Sell Killed Animals For Charity?
Does Śākyamuni Buddha Have His Own Pure Land? 释迦牟尼佛有自己的净土吗？
‘Elysium’ As An Imperfect ‘Heaven’
Why You Should Be More Giving Now (Or ‘Death Cleaning For Better Living’)
Should You Eat Animals?
How To Have Thought Of Being Reborn In Pure Land? 如何作往生想？
Is ‘The Punisher’ Is Also The Punished?
Are You Upsetting The Global Environment?
Lessons On ‘The Fundamentals Of Caring’
Can Animal Experimentation Be Alright?
Here’s ‘The Fix’ For Global Warming
[7] How To Offer Benefits To All
How The Future Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva ‘First’ Visited Hell
See All Kindly
[4] How To See The Suffering And Insufferable
[3] How To Avert Harming Of All
What Does ‘Tathāgata’ Mean?
The Lotus Sūtra’s Verses For Breaking Free From Hell 《法华经》之《破地狱偈》
Four Seeds To Guard
Which Of These Four Actions Do You Create?
How To Handle Someone In A Rush?
Did The Buddha Ever Say The Disagreeable?
Which Is More ‘Allowable’ For Consuming?
Lost & Found In ‘The Sea Of Trees’ 在《青木原树海》遗失与找到自己
How The Buddha Is Gone Yet Not Gone For Good 佛陀如何如去亦不去
One Hell Of An Act Of Compassion
How Can We Handle Our Jealousy?
Verses On Food (2)
The Three Bodies Of Buddhas
‘The Monkey King 3’: Kingdom Of Women (Vs Four ‘Monks’)
Why We Should Ask & Answer Dharma Queries Well
Five Good Qualities Of Suffering
We Should Repay The Kindness Of All Mother Sentient Beings
How One Who Slighted None Attained Buddhahood
‘Toc Toc’, OCD OCD…
A Monk To A King On Listening To Good Advice
The Sūtras With Ultimate Compassion And Wisdom
What Is Love Under ‘A Full Bright Moon’?
It’s A Very Very ‘Mad World’
Do All Religions Share The Same Essence?
Should I ‘Lend’ Money To Strangers?
Is It Possible To Fire With Compassion?
Does Good Triumph Over Evil?
A Short Chat In ‘A Chinese Tall Story’
From Ordinary To Enlightened Love
Transcending The Limits Of Worldly Philosophies
‘The Secret Life Of Pets’ & The Missed Deaths Of Many Other Animals
Is Suffering A Blessing?
Kindness Haiku
How Shariputra Saw A Man, His Son & Their Dog
Of Loving-Kindness To Our Tiny Friends
The Buddha As The Ultimate Revolutionary
Should Buddhists Kill In War?
What If You Can Fulfil ‘Absolutely Anything’?
Four Ways Bodhisattvas Lose Bodhicitta
Do Buddhas Help Many All The Time?
You, ‘Animals And The Buddha’
Is There A God Who Allows Suffering?
Ode To Guanyin Bodhisattva On The Rocks
Can I Simply Do Good To Cover Evil?
‘Beyond 24’ Good Reasons To Live Vegan
Why Veganism Is The ‘Beginning’ & ‘End’ Of Vegetarianism
Should Those With Negative Karma Be Left To Suffer?
Verse On Full Filiality
‘Ted 2’ (Too) Is Sentient?
‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ (Or ‘Terminator’)?
Away With The Dirt!
How The Buddha-To-Be Saw The Four Sights
Constructive Compassion
Are There ‘Buddhist’ Extremists?
Are Your Blessings Going Up In Smoke?
Universal Compassion Arises From Impartial Detachment
Is There An Almighty, All-Good & All-Wise Creator?
Kindness Haiku
Shabkar’s Song Of Compassion
Equanimity
How Can I Be Less Self-Critical?
Disagreement Haiku
‘Julie & Julia’, The Lobster Killers
The Choice Is Yours
What Are Supreme Offerings To All Buddhas
How Should Buddhists Invest?
The Power Of Buddhas & Bodhisattvas’ Names
Smile
How ‘Wild’ To Let It Be!
Cause Of Buddhahood
A ‘Nightcrawler’ Who Failed To Be ‘Superman’
Why Should I Help You?
Well-Being Haikus
Does Being Angry Break Any Buddhist Precept?
What Makes Life Truly Moving & Wonderful?
Are Sea Cucumbers Animals?
Are The Great Bodhisattvas Real Or Not?
Essence Of The ‘Sūtra Of Immeasurable Meanings’ 《无量义经》之精华
If You Think YOLO, You Should Know YOLNO!
An Interterrestrial’s Ode To ‘Interstellar’
How To Apply Dharma In Office Politics?
Six Precepts
How To Not Be A Loner?
The Dharma Nurtures Like Rain & Shine
Compassion Demon
It Is Love
The Silently Teaching Tears Of Compassion
Does ‘Acting’ Bad Create Bad Karma?
How Everyone Is Every Buddha’s ‘Only Child’
Of Transcendental, Celestial & Terrestrial Buddhas
Water Offering Haiku
Make A Difference
The Nightmare That Woke Me Up
How The Buddha Discriminates No One
Are All Buddhas, Bodhisattvas & Gods The Same?
The Moon Shines On Behind The Clouds
Faults
Mother Sentient Beings
Compassion Is Essential
[1] Do Pure Land Aspirants Forsake Other Beings? 愿生净土者有舍弃其他众生吗？
Is Giving Virtual Life Meritorious?
Light Haiku
An Often Hungry Arhat Meets A Well Fed Elephant
Are The Animals You Eat Blessed?
Sparrow
Utilisation
Should We Share Merits With Our ‘Enemies’?
Do Buddhas Have Selective Compassion?
Are Buddhas Omnipotent, Omnibenevolent & Omniscient?
Is Animal Liberation & Veganism Extreme?
Do I Lack Compassion At School?
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Live & Die
Can Dedication Of Merits Solve Problems? 回向功德能解决问题吗？
Does Going Vegan Increase Craving?
How Guanyin Bodhisattva Rejects, Accepts & Gives
Crossing To The Other Shore
Let Go & Pick Up
Should We Just Give Without Thinking?
Project Transformation: The Eight Verses Of Thought Transformation
How To See Impermanence Positively
Liberation
Commentary On Three Sayings From ‘The Stonepeace Book: Vol. 2’
Note To Self Haiku
New Guanshiyin Bodhisattva’s Universal Door & Heart Sutra Book
‘I Could (Have) Eat(en) A Horse?!’
The Equality Of All That Lives
Easier & Better
Course: The Universal Door Of Guanyin Bodhisattva: From Seeking To Becoming Compassion (2nd Run)
Can ‘Buddhists’ Not Believe In Rebirth?
Favour
Should You Harm Others To Clear Their Bad Karma?
Should The Kind Be Made Use Of?
Following The Buddha’s Perfect Example
Smile Haiku
How Not To Attend Dharma Activities?
Most Important
Why Are Buddhas Also Bodhisattvas?
How To Help Without Helping?
Why Are There Immeasurable Buddhas Instead Of One?
Be A Beginner Bodhisattva
Can Creating Good Karma ‘Become’ Bad Karma?
Others’ Mistakes
Living Together
True Great Power & Compassion
Do You Sit On The Special Subway Seats?
Should You Be Good For Goodness’ Sake?
How Do We Recognise The Wise?
Universal Appreciation Of Goodness
What Is Lasting Happiness?
Course: The Universal Door Of Guanyin Bodhisattva: From Seeking To Becoming Compassion
Why Practise Compassion For All?
Always Compassionate And Never Angry
Can The Buddha Help All?
Is Mindfulness Of Buddha Applicable In Everyday Life?
True Equanimity
The Unseen Power Of Karmic Affinities
More ‘Buddhist Question & Answers On 2012’
The Compassion & Wisdom Of Relative & Absolute Truths
Attainment Of Non-Attainment
True Compassion & Wisdom
Are Teachers Reflections Of Their Students?
Are All Outer Evils Projected By Us?
Danger Of Clinging To Emptiness
Is The Ultimate Goal To Become Nothing?
Another Golden Rule
Does Karma Go In Endless Loops?
Hush About Others’ Faults?
The Cabbage & The Cow
Clash Of Desires
Perfect Happiness
Why Are There Wars?
How To Be Good To Yourself?
Have You Washed Your Bowl Yet?
Did The Buddha Teach The Path To Buddhahood?
The ‘Wu Xia’ Koan Of Forgiveness
Was The Buddha ‘Reluctant’ To Teach?
The Compassionate Captain’s Skilful Means
Was The Buddha-To-Be Heartless Or ‘Heartful’?
‘Never Let Me Go’, Never Let Compassion Go
How Is Compassion Great?
Realisation & Action
Buddhist Reformation & Rehabilitation Of Criminals
The Bodhisattvas of ‘Qixia Temple 1937’
Brilliant Moon of Compassion and Wisdom
Should Sick Babies Be Aborted?
A Toddler’s Encounter With A ‘New’ Emotion
A Brief History of the Love-Hate Relationship with Mock Meats
Middle Path Of Compassion?
How Did The Buddha Know He Was Enlightened?
Some ‘Shaolin’ Showdown!
Cherish Every Being
Joy in the Welfare of Others
Offering Of Greater Kindness
Did The Universe Have A Creator?
The Story of the Needle Versus the Knife
What The Lotus Means
Was The Buddha A Free-Thinker?
Are All Religions the Same?
Is Buddhism A Religion?
The Cross-Manifestations of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas & Gods?
Are Buddhists Atheists?
Altruism Brings Courage
Is The Thus Come One Gone Forever?
A Great Bodhisattva Recommends A Great Place!
On Eating Animals
The True Meaning of Letting Go & Being At Ease
Introduction to Animal Liberation
Should You Meditate for Supernatural Powers?
The Laws of the Garbage & Flower Trucks
Will Any ‘Mantra’ Do For You?
Secret to Longevity
How To Easier Accept A Loved One’s Suffering
How Inaction Might Be Evil
Why Past Buddhas Are Still Bodhisattvas
What is Holy?
Combining Meditations on the Four Immeasurables
Aftershock Of The Human Heart
Spiritual Perfection
Is There Tension Between Compassion & Detachment?
Why Is ‘The Laughing Buddha’ Laughing?
Voluntary Cultivation of Involuntary Compassion
How the Future Buddha Began Practising Compassion
Can’t They Imagine Them Being Killed?
How to Practise the Perfection of Generosity
Overcoming Anger and Bitterness with Compassion
What Would the Buddha Do When He is Slandered?
‘The Blind Side’ Seen
How a Monk Failed a Temptation
Is ‘District 9’ Fictitious?
The Guru Within You
Buddhahood is Possible
Rebuttal of Arguments Against Identitylessness
Democracy with Freedom, Compassion & Wisdom
Courage & Compassion To Share The Dharma
