I had an interesting conversation with my colleague today. It is quite interesting to see her point of view that we should not feel angry or upset. To some extent I agree with that notion. But I still have own reservation on that idea…
For me, feelings – whatever they are: anger, happiness, sadness, loneliness, etc. [...]
Archive for the ‘Buddhism’ Category
17 Sep
Feelings
16 Jul
I Love You
“I love you” that is what we normally like to hear, especially from those who we are close and dear with. But have you ever told those three magic words to yourself?
I remember a line from Karaniya Metta Sutta (Discourse on Loving Kindness) of a Buddhist scripture, saying that love is like “Just as a [...]
14 Oct
Just for fun, Friends… :)
Dear friends,
I really have a good intention to do this: to make others happy. You are happy, and I am happy
So let me share you some of the PhotoFunia I created:
sad looking lad… but don’t worry, he ain’t sad at all now
He is still single… so girls, what you’re waiting for? [...]
31 Aug
Impermanence
If you realise that everything is impermanent, it is easy for you to let go. Things would never stay the same forever. We grow older by each millisecond, we encounter different feeling in different moment. When there is a beginning, there is an end.
I came to realise that things happen due to cause and conditions. [...]
13 May
AFL; Letting Go
AFL
AFL v Letting go??? What is the link between AFL and letting go? Well, first of all, AFL here does not stand for Australian Football League, but Acknowledging & accepting, Forgiving, and Letting go.
From the abbreviation you can see there is two things before letting go: Acknowledging & accepting and Forgiving. In Buddhism letting go [...]
3 May
Complaints
Have you ever complained about life, or heard others complaining?
I guess complaint is really common in our lives — we tend to complain on things we don’t like. We push away things we don’t like. It’s natural.
But when you listen to others’ complaints constantly… what you feel? You start to complain about the complaints! Yeah…. [...]
29 Mar
Life >< Death
“Life is uncertain, but Death is”
(Buddha)
Death is the shadow of life. Wherever life is, death always follows. We all know that we WILL die eventually. But how many of us really appreciate life? How many of us put our priority on materials than relationships with other fellow humans? How many of us pursue ‘happiness’ [...]
1 Mar
Thought of Today
There are these four kinds of happiness to be won by a householder who enjoys sense pleasures from time to time and when occasion offers. What four? The happiness of ownership, the happiness of wealth, the happiness of freedom from debt and the happiness of blamelessness.
And what is the happiness of ownership? Concerning this, [...]
29 Dec
World Peace
I read a news on Bhuto assassination, it tells so many things: life is uncertain (who on earth would expect her to die before the election?). Apart from that, it also shows how people deal with it. It’s quite interesting to see how people in Pakistan and the world deal with this issue. Her death [...]
9 Dec
Law of nature
Once again, I realised that desire is actually impermanent. I just came back from Summer Retreat at Wat Pa Buddharangsee. The theme of the retreat is “metta” or loving-kindness. I’m so grateful that I involved in the retreat. I learned a lot, indeed. For some reason, I just had this warm connection with the Abbot. [...]
