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Posts tagged with "freedom"
Nov. 12 |
If you are not able to choose,it is not your choice to make,not your responsibility to bear.— Shilashanti
In ethical philosophy, perhaps the most famous dilemma is that of ‘Trolleyology’ – the ‘Trolley Problem’....
Jul. 26 |
Freedom is fromgreed, hatred and delusion,not to be greedy, hateful and deluded.
Aug. 16 |
Between stimulus and response
there is a space.
In that space is our power
to choose our response.
In our response lies our
growth and our freedom.
– Viktor E. Frankl
May. 23 |
What if there is an secret camp of sorts, amidst the mountains, where for a fortnight, all don masks to hide their true identities, and are free to do whatever they wish? There, almost anything goes, though there are some basic rules to ensure there...
Mar. 27 | [1] He sleeps in comfort.
[2] He awakes in comfort.
[3] He sees no evil dreams.
[4] He is dear to human beings.
[5] He is dear to non-human beings.
[6] Devas (gods) protect him.
[7] Fire, poison, and sword cannot touch him.
[8] His mind can concentrate...
Nov. 1 |
This imaginative telling of Lincoln’s life as a part-time vampire hunter is an elaborate allegory perhaps, of how capitalistic slave-owners were like exploitative and unrelenting ‘bloodsuckers’, who would not stop till they took over...
Oct. 25 |
Like a pure mirror,
experience the pleasant
only clearly as they are,
without any attachment.
– Shilashanti
In the Chappana Sutta, the Buddha gave two analogies… First, suppose a person caught six animals, whom he ties together with a rope, with...
Aug. 15 | Learn to do more with less
before wanting more and more.
– Shilashanti
One of the principles of a Buddhist lifestyle is to take care of things and repair them. The unsui monks of Eihei Temple designate days that contain the numbers ‘4’...
May. 15 |
When we are no longer
able to change a situation,
we are challenged to change ourselves.
– Viktor Frankl
(Man’s Search For Meaning)
In the movie ‘The Week Of’, Isaac the boy had to sit on a bench when his baseball coach ushered the...
Aug. 2 | Recognising our fetters
is the first step
towards being as free
as we want to be.
– Stonepeace | Books
Fa Yan, one of the masters of the Lingji sect of the Zen school of the Song dynasty told his pupils a story that went: ‘As a monk, I entered...
Oct. 7 |
Question: Animals should not be held captive unwillingly, but a small coloured bird flew into our apartment. An expert said he might be attacked by crows if he was someone’s pet. Perhaps the owner will put up a ‘lost’ notice, but in...
Dec. 22 | Total freedom is to be
totally free from the sense
of anyone being free from anything.
– Stonepeace | Books
Once a student who was upset told me that he wanted to leave his family. I asked him where he would live. He said he wanted to leave his...
Nov. 10 | 过去心不可得,The past mind cannot be attained,
现在心不可得,The present mind cannot be attained,
未来心不可得。The future mind cannot be attained.
– 金刚经 (释迦牟尼佛)
Diamond Sutra (Sakyamuni Buddha)
Here are three...
Jul. 19 | A flappy tie is one of the
most dangerous items of clothing,
being susceptible to being caught
in all manners of moving objects.
– Anonone
‘The tie is a useless rag that constrains your neck… I’m an enemy of consumerism. Because of...
Jan. 28 | At the end of the movie ‘Ah Boys To Men (Part 1)’, there was this reflection by Recruit Ken thought aloud for the audience to hear – ‘People always say that there is no war in Singapore. But after this incident, I’ve realised…...