Tag - suffering
You Are Already Shot By A Poisoned Arrow
Verse On Two Directions 两方偈
Who To Blame For My Unhappiness?
Why Having A Right Livelihood Matters?
Essence Of The Sūtra In Which The Buddha Speaks On Impermanence《佛说无常经》之精华
The True Cosmic Horror
Can A Person’s Evil Karma Bear Fruit Through A Family Member? 自己的恶障能报在家人身上吗？
What Is The First Buddhist Lesson To Learn?
Why The ‘Problem Of Evil’ Is Not A Problem At All?
Top Ten Kinds Of Buddhist Faith 十大佛教信念
Ten Motivations From Suffering
[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
How To Deal With Attachment To Pain And Suffering? 如何处理对痛苦的执着？
Time Flies Like An Arrow 光阴似箭
Are You Shot By One Or Two Arrows?
Top Ten First Lessons From The Buddha-To-Be 未来佛先给予吾人之十大教训
The Root Of Accomplishing Buddhahood Is Compassion 慈悲为成佛之本
[51] The Parable Of The Five Persons Buying A Servant And Together Ordering Him To Work From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之五人买婢共使作喻
Are Prometheus And Sisyphus Not You And Me?
How The One You Believe Might Not Exist?
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？
Don’t Lose The ‘Most Dangerous Game’
Should You Hold A Living Funeral For Anyone? 您应该为任何人举办生前葬礼吗？
The Essential Matter Of ‘Mind Over Matter’
Is Hell Really Other People?
Should We Stay In This Human Realm To Accomplish Buddhahood? 我们应当留在人间成佛吗？
How A Demoness Came To Be Named After Wisdom 名为般若的妖怪之由来
Have You Heeded The Five Heavenly Messengers’ Warnings Yet? 五位天使的警告您听了吗？
The Rocky Refuge In ‘Expats’?
How Should Buddhists Protect Themselves From Potentially Violent Ones? 遇到暴力者的佛教徒该如何保护自己？
How ‘Hard Days’ Can Become Harder (And Easier)
‘Yu Yu Hakusho’s Four Lessons《幽游白書》四訓
Bodhisattvas Fear Causes, Sentient Beings Fear Effects 菩萨畏因，众生畏果
[16] The Parable Of Irrigating Sugar Cane From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之灌甘蔗喻
Verses On Pure Affinities 净缘偈
Why Are Natural Disasters Also Man-Made?
[12] The Parable Of Roasting Black Rock Candy From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之煮黑石蜜浆喻
Verses On Defilements And Purity 秽净偈
‘Emily The Criminal’ Still Unrepentant
Forge And Fight For Your Fate, But Love Your ‘Fate’ Too
From Eternal Recurrence To Timeless Liberation
‘Night School’ Needs More Schooling On Empathy
What Is The Most Practical Form Of Buddhism? 何为最实用的佛法？
Afterword On ‘Practices With Ten Great Obstacles’《十大碍行》跋
To Whom Are You A Karmic Creditor? 您是谁的冤亲债主？
How AI Tried To Vindicate The Creator Idea (Without Much Conviction)
How To Be Confident In Reaching Pure Land 如何有信心往生净土
Some ‘Beef’ With Renunciation’s Misconceptions
Are You A Karmic Creditor Or Debtor? 您是冤亲债主还是债人？
‘The Secret’ Of The Law Of Resistance
The Dilemma Of Living As Spiritual ‘Hermits’
‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ For Realising The More Wonderful
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’)
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
The Four Noble Truths Are Eternal 四圣谛是永恒的
How To Overcome Bullying?
Immeasurable Haiku
Contemplating Knowing Contentment 观知足
Why Is There Aversion Of Some?
What Makes This Life Worthy?
Be Morally Superior Firmly
The Meaning Of Life Transcends Mere Pleasures
Appreciate Wabi-Sabi, But Don’t Fall In Love With It!
That One Should Disdain Hardships
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Of A Manifesto
Brace Haiku
Bitter Haiku
The Buddha’s Two Authorities Within Four Great References For All
Loving-Kindness & Compassion 慈与悲
[H] What Will Happen After This Dharma-Ending Age? 末法之后将会如何？
Do We Chant Just To Show Respect?
Is ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ Ours Too?
The Three Kinds Of Patience
Can I Suffer On Behalf Of Others?
Are You Causing Suffering With Speciesism?
Control Yourself
Six Matters You Might Wish To Consider Now
Be Mindful, Brothers & Sisters
What Horror Stories Teach Us
Wellness Haiku
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》
Suffering Haiku
Does Śākyamuni Buddha Have His Own Pure Land? 释迦牟尼佛有自己的净土吗？
Should You Eat Animals?
Both The Haves & Have-Nots Suffer
What Makes The Worldly Go Round & Round?
Here’s ‘The Fix’ For Global Warming
[4] How To See The Suffering And Insufferable
‘The Kominsky Method’ Of Being Here
The Lotus Sūtra’s Verses For Breaking Free From Hell 《法华经》之《破地狱偈》
The Flower Adornment & Immeasurable Life Sūtras’ Verses For Breaking Free From Hell《华严经》与《无量寿经》之《破地狱偈》
How Can We Handle Our Jealousy?
The ‘Historically’ Fantastic ‘Legend Of The Demon Cat’
Can Faith In Any Deity Help The Dying?
A Kid’s ‘Real’ Pain From An Imaginary Needle
‘The Prize Winner Of Defiance, Ohio’ In A ‘Few’ Words
Always Reflect On Your Thoughts, Words & Deeds
Five Good Qualities Of Suffering
The Unalienation Of ‘The Alienist’
How One Who Slighted None Attained Buddhahood
Is ‘An Honest Death’ An Ideal Death?
Verse On Sorrow
Can One Suffer Due To Others’ Mistakes?
Is It Possible To Fire With Compassion?
Does Good Triumph Over Evil?
Is This Bad Karma Ripening?
The Boy Who Eats Too Many Sweets
Is Suffering A Blessing?
Your Suffering Is Always Your Fault!
My Journey From ‘Hell’ To ‘Heaven’ And Back
Are You Ignorant Of Your Cypher Complex?
Can Buddhist Practice Cause Sickness?
Is There A God Who Allows Suffering?
Is There An Almighty, All-Good & All-Wise Creator?
Is It Not Compassionate To Have Children?
Well-Being Haikus
Perception Haiku
Three Poems Of Master Shih Te
Pain Haiku
Is My Life Just Problems To Solve?
Why Does Buddhism Always Talk About Suffering?
How Karmic Power Overpowers Supernormal Powers
How To See Impermanence Positively
Liberation
Are All Present Obstacles Due To Past Karma?
How Not To Attend Dharma Activities?
How To Enjoy Life More Fully
Can Creating Good Karma ‘Become’ Bad Karma?
No You Here
Suffering Within Suffering, Decay & Process
Two Proven Pain-Free Solutions For Meditators
Suffering Vs Blessings
Why Practise Compassion For All?
Wheel Of Fire
The Three Levels Of Suffering
Dealing With Emotional Abuse At Home
How To Attain Universal Freedom
Avoid Evil & Do Good
The Middle Way Between Hedonism & Asceticism
Realisation & Action
Offering Of Greater Kindness
In The Ears Of The Beholder
Did The Universe Have A Creator?
What If Plants Feel Pain Too?
How To Easier Accept A Loved One’s Suffering
How Inaction Might Be Evil
We Are What We Think
Are You Awake But Wilfully Unmindful?
Is There Tension Between Compassion & Detachment?
From Sentient Beings to Bodhisattvas & Buddhas
Voluntary Cultivation of Involuntary Compassion
Why Pain Need Not Mean Suffering
How Conscious of Your Consciousness are You?
The Emptiness of Money
How Broadening Our Mind Alleviates Pain
The Legend of Princess Miao Shan
Mindfulness is Lesson One
Are You a Moth Entranced by the Fire?
No Point in Being Dejected & Glum
