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Thus Turned Tashi’s Wheel Of ‘Samsara’
Nov. 29 | In the opening of the fictional (2001) movie ‘Samsara’ (i.e. not the 2011 documentary), Tashi the monk, who ordained at the age of five, emerged from a traditional three-year three-month three-day solitary retreat. He was ceremoniously...
How To (Not) See The Attractive?
Jun. 28 | It is not so much of what you see but more of how you see that decides what is seen. – Stonepeace | Books A Zen master asked his disciples: ‘How should you confront feminine [or masculine] attraction?’ The first disciple replied: ‘I...
The Buddha’s Admonition Against Not Severing Lust
Nov. 16 | All not ready for sudden enlightenment should walk the gradual path to it now. – Stonepeace | Books 大佛顶首楞严经: 四种决定清净明诲章: 断淫篇 The Great Buddha’s Crown’s Foremost Śūraṅgama Sūtra: Section On Four Kinds...
Love Vs Lust In ‘Zoolander 2’
Mar. 18 | In ‘Zoolander 2’ is a satirical yet somewhat thought-provoking take on the nature of love versus lust, of how easy it is to confuse one for the other. There was Hansel, portrayed as a once successful fashion model, who prided his entire worth...
How To Prevent An Affair
Jan. 29 | Question: I find it difficult to observe the third precept of abstaining from sexual misconduct. I tend to have sexual thoughts of others besides my spouse. Please advise as to what I should do. I understand there is no quick fix formula, so is there...
How Subha Gave & Gained Her Eye
Oct. 12 | External beauty is only skin deep and the skin is not very deep. – Stonepeace From the Therigatha, ‘Verses of the Elder [Buddhist] Nuns’, the world’s earliest collection of poetry by women, is a dramatic incident, that almost climaxed...
The Buddha On Bondage To Sexuality
Jun. 15 | Of all attachments and desires, none is more extreme than lust. With lust as a desire, its greatness has no other. Fortunately, there is only one [of its kind]! If there are two similar desires, of all humans under the heavens [in the world], no one would...
