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25/05 Moral : Kill For Food
A friend challenged me with a moral question – Would I kill and eat any sentient beings (animals, fish or insects) if I were stranded on an island. After some reflection, I replied “No” firmly. A little puzzled and disappointed, she probed further by asking, “Not even for survival's sake?” I answered “Yes” firmly. This time with disbelief and a hint of anger, she asked why.
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25/05 Everything : Rise & Fall
In the stock market, you can clearly see delusion, greed and hatred rise and fall with the rise and fall of ever-changing numbers. In an online discussion forum hot in debate, you can clearly see the 3 roots of evil rise and fall with words instead. In meditation, you can clearly see the falling and levelling of the 3 evils with the rise of equanmity.
30/04 Projection : Existence
It has been a while since I last blogged. Can't really place my existence all this while. Well, if there's any real existence at all. I guess existence only exists when we have them labelled and constantly reviewed as memories, “Ohh, I did this last summer, and that last winter.”
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08/01 Moonlight : Moon Haiku
High up in the sky
The moon shining bright
Right from your eye
(You only see what you want to see. But is what you see the Truth?)
08/01 Bodhicitta : Discovery Compassion
When asked what compassion is, any answer given would be understated. My attempt to discover what compassion really is was a humbling and touching experience. Compassion, as we are told, encompasses equanimity and selfless love for all sentient beings, including the very tiny bugs crawling on your kitchen floor...
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08/01 Humaneness : Tsunamis Strike
While the tsunamis struck, the world was still recovering from Christmas party hangovers, still pretty much distracted by sensual indulgence and luxurious gift exchanges. It didn't take long for most of us to be jolted wide awake on how truly fragile and impermenant our lives can be. We felt only minor tremors in Singapore... It was the in-flooding of news on the scale of devastation that gave us unequalled “shock”-waves, disrupting our lives in some sense forever.
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08/01 Inter-linked : Karma Karma
Bea: Recently a tsunami relief volunteer was killed in a car accident on his way to Krabi. I am a little confused on how karma works in this case? Can you shed some insight? Was it influenced by other bad karma from his previous life?
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08/01 Answer : Zen Koan
Zlyrica: A Zen koan asks, “When you can do nothing, what can you do?”
Zeph: My answer = ................ (silence)
Zlyrica: Haha!
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21/11 Sunset : Amitabha's Beckoning
The golden red sun
kindles a little warmth in my heart
in the cold late spring evening
beckoning me home, home, home
where I should belong
21/11 Seeking : Dharmakaya
We pursue forms and signs
We look highs and lows
We search in and out
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