Tag - greed
Who To Blame For My Unhappiness?
‘The Red Line’ To Never Cross?
Verses On Forming Affinity, Unease & Great Ease 结缘偈，不自在偈，大自在偈
Why Having A Right Livelihood Matters?
What To Abandon In ‘The Abandons’?
More Sense On Some Cents
[91] The Parable Of The Poor Person Desiring To, With The Rich Have Equal Wealth And Property From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之贫儿欲与富等财物喻
[92] The Parable Of The Small Child Getting Joy Pills From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之小儿得欢喜丸喻
[89] The Parable Of Getting A Golden Weasel From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之得金鼠狼喻
Vegetarian-Eating 蔬食
[85] The Parable Of The Woman Suffering Eye Pain From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之妇女患眼痛喻
[84] The Parable Of Those During Lunar Eclipses Beating Dogs From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之月蚀打狗喻
An ‘Eye For An Eye’, With One Another Blind?
How Should I Be Remembered (Or Not)?
What Is The Letter And Spirit Of The Precepts In Terms Of Pleasures?
[74] The Parable Of Ordinary Beings Who Have Left The Household Life Greedy For Profit And Gain From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之出家凡夫贪利养喻
Should We Cater Meals For Wake Support-Chanters?
What Best To Give Your Parents 送给父母最好的礼物
[71] The Parable Of Because Of Two Wives Thus Losing His Two Eyes From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之为二妇故丧其两目喻
So, How Are You Doing?
How Is ‘Vegetarianism’ Different From ‘Purification’? 素与斋有何分别?
How To Handle Wrongly Received Non-Vegan Foods?
Not Can Or Cannot, But Should Or Should Not 不是可不可，而是该不该
Five Contemplations At Mealtimes To Retain 食存五观
What Might Become Of Those Severely Lustful? What Are Some Buddhist Practices For Curbing Lust?
How Much Pure Gold Is There In Your Golden Rule?
8 ‘Nocturne’ Lessons That Came To Light
Can We Bring All Old And New, Good And Evil Karmas To Be Reborn In Pure Land? 我们能带一切旧新善恶业往生净土吗？
Cultivate And Extinguish 修与息
[36] The Parable Of Destroying Eyes Of The Sage With Five Supernormal Powers From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之破五通仙眼喻
‘People Are People’, But ‘People Are Good’?
[33] The Parable Of Cutting The Tree To Obtain Its Fruits From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之斫树取果喻
‘Parasyte: The Grey’ Zone Between
[30] The Parable Of The Person Tending Sheep From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之牧羊人喻
Should Bodhisattva Preceptees Buy Meat For Others? 菩萨戒子该为别人买肉吗？Should Preceptees Break Precepts For Others? 持戒者该为别人破戒吗？
How To Quit Bad Habits (Like Smoking)?
‘The Bequeathed’ As Empty Refuge
The Three Poisons Of ‘The Pig, The Snake And The Pigeon’ (周处除三害)
‘The Pig, The Snake And The Pigeon’ Master Of Guilt (周处除三害)
Nihilism Vs Existentialism In ‘The Pig, The Snake And The Pigeon’ (周处除三害)
[23] The Parable Of The Thief Stealing Brocade To Use For Wrapping Felt And Coarse Hemp Cloth From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之贼偷锦绣用裹氀褐喻
What Within Your Mind Remains? 何在心中留？
[20] The Parable Of A Person Saying A King Is Recklessly Brutal From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之人说王纵暴喻
How The Extreme Might Think They Are Not Extreme
‘Onmyoji’ On The Origins Of Demons
[16] The Parable Of Irrigating Sugar Cane From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之灌甘蔗喻
Verses On Natural And Man-Made Disasters 天灾人祸偈
Is It Alright To Take Breaks From What Is Right?
The Dangers Of Living ‘Too Much’ In The Moment ‘过于’活在当下的危险
I Have No Time For These Five Poisons (What About You?)
‘John Wick 4’ What Lived And ‘Died’?
Departure From Four Attachments 离四贪
After A Deal With The ‘Devil’ Begins ‘The Fall Of The House Of Usher’
‘The Fall Of The House Of Usher’ Due To Shaky Morals
So, What Do You Eat?
[7] The Parable Of Recognising A Person As One’s Brother From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之认人为兄喻
Are You Purifying Your ‘Tainted Soul’?
Can We Offer Non-Vegan Food To The Buddha?
[1] The Parable Of The Foolish Person Eating Salt From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之愚人食盐喻
‘Night School’ Needs More Schooling On Empathy
Benefits Of Departure From Greedy Desires 离贪欲之利益
The Good, The Evil And The Pure 善恶净
Far Depart From Wrong Views & Jealousy 远离邪见与嫉妒
Who Do You Choose To Be?
What To ‘See Through’ And How To Do So? 何为与如何看破？
Should Unknown Gains Be Accumulated?
The Dilemma Of Living As Spiritual ‘Hermits’
What Time To Eat By On Eight Precepts’ Days?
Just Reminders
Does Astrological Phenomena Affect Our Well-Being? 星宿会影响我们的幸福吗？
Will The Buddha Bless The Evil? (Moral Contradictions Within ‘Infernal Affairs’)
Is Coffee After Mealtime Permitted On Eight Precepts’ Days?
With Few Desires Is Less Suffering 少欲少苦
Significance Of 12 Analogies In The Sūtra In Which The Buddha Speaks Of Analogies《佛说譬喻经》之十二譬喻的意义
Illumination Of True Wisdom 实智慧之照
Wholehearted Mindfulness Of The Buddha Is Cultivation Of Precepts, Concentration And Wisdom 一心念佛时，即修戒定慧
Desire Little And Know Contentment 少欲知足
How To Transform Our Five Poisons? 如何转化五毒？
Cut Attachments And Eradicate Greed 割爱去贪
The ‘Squid Game’ Is Over, If You Want It
Give It To Me!
How To Advise An Angry And Greedy Dying Person?
Go For That Easy To Get, Use And Keep
Why Choose Sickness Over Indulgence?
Why Do Buddhists Practise Fasting?
How To Be Mindful Like A Wise Tortoise
‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Who Returned As Master
‘Arrival’ Of Mis/communication
‘Striking Vipers’ In A ‘Black Mirror’
Five Poisons
What Horror Stories Teach Us
Who Are You Behind That Mask? (‘Hema Hema’s Dharma Drama On Karma)
‘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》
How Bodhisattvas Should Always Practise Repentance 菩萨应当如何常修忏悔
Triple Take On The ‘Triple Frontier’
Zombie Haiku
Why Vanya’s Power In ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Doesn’t Sound Right
‘Elysium’ As An Imperfect ‘Heaven’
‘The Great Wall’ As A Great Bridge?
Transformation
[8] How To Be Released From Attachment
[7] How To Offer Benefits To All
[6] How To See Those Who Have Betrayed Us
You Stop Too
[5] How To Handle Those Who Abuse Us
[4] How To See The Suffering And Insufferable
[3] How To Avert Harming Of All
An ‘Apostle’ Of The Earth Goddess?
Which Of These Four Actions Do You Create?
Late Haiku?
Which Is More ‘Allowable’ For Consuming?
How To Vanquish ‘The Darkness’?
‘Seven’ Deadly Sins Vs Five Poisons?
Greed Haiku
Can There Be Much Yet Nothing To Buy?
Wisdom Haikus
Busting The ‘Ghostbusters’?
Curb Haiku
How To Sleep Well Like The Buddha
Craving To Have King Midas’ Golden Touch?
An Outsider’s Review Of ‘The Outsider’
Do You Have The ‘Nerve’?
Light In ‘The Darkest Hour’
Does Good Triumph Over Evil?
How To Spiritualise The Worldly Five Desires
Where Are The 17 Arhats?
‘The Monkey King 2’ Has Buddha-Nature
Short Yet Big Lessons From ‘The Big Short’
Six Faults
Explanation Of The Five Contemplations At Mealtimes To Retain 食存五观的解释
Is It Alright For Buddhists To Gamble?
Parable Of The Greedy Child
The Buddha’s Admonition Against Not Severing Lust
Are You Ignorant Of Your Cypher Complex?
Is Collection Of ‘Blessed’ Amulets Buddhist Practice?
The Seven Limbs As Antidotes To Afflictions
Wild Greed, ‘Wild City’
Repentance Of ‘The Gunman’
Who Is ‘A Most Wanted Man’?
Has ‘Terminator Genisys’ Already Begun?
Terminators ‘R’ Us? (Review Of ‘Terminator Salvation’)
What ‘Nuggets’ Are You Hooked On?
On Quenching Thirst & Soothing Itches
Why Drink More Salt Water?
How The Buddha Prevented A Bloody War
How Many Horses Do You Need?
Greed, Hatred & Delusion
How To Prevent Drowsiness From Overeating
Does Going Vegan Increase Craving?
Let Go & Pick Up
From The Fiscal Cliff To The Spiritual Cliff
Rich Or Poor?
You Are Always In Control
Clash Of Desires
A Brief History of the Love-Hate Relationship with Mock Meats
Eating Salt
Isn’t ‘Yogi Bear’ Endangered Too?
A Buddhist Vision Of ‘The Child’s Eye’
Does the Buddha Advocate Inaction?
