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The Rising & Crashing Waves Of ‘Roma’
Mar. 27 | Featured in black and white, yet with the rich nuances of light and shade, ’Roma’ depicts the ordinariness of everyday life, as juxtaposed with the extraordinariness of both domestic and political chaos. It is a closer look at how every single...
Is ‘The Punisher’ Is Also The Punished?
Mar. 14 | In a scene where ‘The Punisher’ (Season 1) was spray-painting his signature white skull symbol on his black body armour meant to intimidate his enemies, Lieberman tells him… ‘That skull? That’s a “Memento Mori”....
Ancient Symbiotic Relationship Of Monastics & Laity
Jan. 23 | Receive needs humbly and gratefully. Offer needs humbly and gratefully. – Shilashanti Before the Dalai Lama departed from Thailand, he told his secretaries that he wanted to go out in the morning on alms round. It is common to see orderly queues of...
‘Seven’ Deadly Sins Vs Five Poisons?
Oct. 4 | ‘Se7en’ can be seen as a contemporary fable on the dangers of the Seven Deadly Sins, which according to Christian teachings, are pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth. (They are contrary, respectively, to the Seven Cardinal...
Gratitude Haiku
Aug. 15 | See all with gratitude, like how the Buddha gazed gratefully at the Bodhi tree.
Verse On Gratitude
Apr. 25 | 见报恩人，当愿众生， 于佛菩萨，能知恩德。 见背恩人，当愿众生， 于有恶人，不加其报。 – 文殊菩萨 (华严经: 净行品: 第88-89偈) Seeing persons repaying kindness, [reflect that] ‘May sentient beings, of...
How ‘Demolition’ Led To Reconstruction
Dec. 21 | A man whose wife died in a car crash is seemingly numb at first. He even tries to cry but found it hard. As it turned out, he was too unmindfully spaced out in the final days of their relationship. So much so, that he was uncertain of what he lost,...
‘King Arthur’ Vs Uncle ‘Mara’?
Oct. 11 | ‘King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword’ retells the tale of how King Arthur came to be. After his father King Uther was ‘forced’ to kill himself, Arthur’s Uncle Vortigern usurped the throne. Arthur as a young boy was somewhat...
The Five Contemplations To Remember At Mealtimes
Apr. 19 | Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. – Hippocrates (Greek father of medicine) In most Chinese Buddhist temples, monastics take their meals at ‘The Hall Of Five Contemplations’ (五观堂). Usually, in its centre are the...
A Buddhist Gratitude & Repentance Prayer
Dec. 30 | Your blessings taken for granted might have already begun to disappear from your life, and you would not even know this, since you take them for granted. – Stonepeace | Books For the good people, matters and things in my life, no matter how small...
Equanimity
Aug. 10 | It is absurd to maintain attachment and hatred toward beings of the six realms who have all been [reborn as] our parents.* Realise that they are all equal.** Is this not in itself a great liberation, a great happiness? – Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje *...
Should Buddhists Have Missionary Zeal?
Jun. 15 | If those with no or less dust do not help clear that of those with more dust, who else will? – Stonepeace | Books [TDEditor: The answer to the question is a resounding ‘Yes!’ As we can see from the Vinaya-pitaka I.20-21 below, it is with...
Gratitude & Apology
Jun. 5 | Thank to encourage others for their goodness, which is good for you too. ___ Apologise to repent for your mistakes, which is good for others too.
Does Thanking Others Reduce Their Merits?
May. 7 | Question: When someone donates to charity, does the recipient saying ‘Thank you’ negate merits of the donation? Answer: No, it does not do so at all. Question: Of course, the giver should not desire for thanks as this will ‘discount’...
