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Jul. 6 |
In ‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’, Chiron tells Percy the half-blood (i.e. an imaginary semi-human and semi-god), ‘Knowledge isn’t always power, Percy. Sometimes it’s a burden.’ It was to retort the common saying...
Sep. 16 |
If we mindfully reflect on the fantastic Greek myth of Perseus, we should realise that it is not truly a tale about external gods and monsters. Instead, it tells of how mere mortals are able to triumph despite seemingly impossible odds, with great...
May. 16 |
古人云:「何以息谤?」
曰:「无辩。」
又云:「吃得小亏,则不至于吃大亏。」
余三十年来屡次经验,深信此数语真实不虚。
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Ancient ones say, ‘With...
May. 16 | Truths are only surprising
to those used to non-truths.
– Shilashanti
Two of the most important scriptures in the Pali canon are the Great Discourse on the Lion’s Roar (Maha-sihanada Sutta) and the Short Discourse on the Lion’s Roar (Cula-sihanada...
Apr. 26 | Without the spiritual wheel of the Dharma,
all worldly wheels but turn in endless cycles,
seemingly getting somewhere but nowhere.
– Shilashanti
“The monks since the time of the Buddha have represented the wheel of truth and righteousness, the...
Sep. 27 | The height of cultivation
runs to simplicity.
– Bruce Lee
The great philosopher king Marcus Aurelius… wrote to himself, he must ‘fight to be the person philosophy tried to make you.’ This is why Zen philosopher Zuigan is supposed to...
Sep. 20 |
‘A Better Tomorrow 2018’ (英雄本色 2018) almost seems like exploration on what brotherhood (or sisterhood) means, in both the actual brotherly sense, and the non-sibling, sometimes gangster brotherly sense. Surely, it means loyalty, to...
Mar. 19 |
‘The Outsider’ tells a fictitious tale of how a foreigner (gaijin) joined a yakuza gang, rising in its ranks to be its most ‘honourable’ leader. Often the case, such stories depict the fierce sense of ‘honour’ among,...
May. 18 |
Sampled by ‘superior’ aliens, Neil is lent the power to wish absolutely anything to reality. It was a test to see if humans know good from evil, to deserve life as usual, or to be destroyed – if deemed too stupid and dangerous to the rest...
Aug. 29 | The most mighty, good and knowing ones possible are the Buddhas,
having the most powerful skilful means (superpotence)
with perfect compassion (omnibenevolence) and wisdom (omniscience)
for guiding all to be free from suffering.
– Stonepeace | Books
If...
May. 25 | Perfected virtues are always more powerful
than defilements of greed and hatred,
which are weaknesses due to delusion.
– Stonepeace | Books
Mara, the demon king, asked the Buddha [Sakyamuni], “If someone repeats my name, it brings them neither...
Jan. 18 | If you have the power
to call anyone at any time,
what would you say?
(You already have this power.
Why not use it meaningfully now?
What holds you back?)
Nov. 14 | The Buddhas are perfectly capable
‘Teachers of Humans and Gods’
as they have perfected their humanity
and transcended the compassion and wisdom
of even the greatest yet unenlightened gods.
– Anonone
Can there be a creator of the universe,...