Personal comtemplations

In this section, ordinary people share some of their contemplations about life. If you would like to share yours here, please give me an email. You will have the right to decide whether to remain anonymous, and whether or not you want your email acct to appear here.

Living

Confessions of a fool -- Tan Chade Meng
Just sitting around -- Tan Chade Meng
Questions of life -- Tan Chade Meng
Living everyday as the last -- Tan Chade Meng
One Moment -- Tan Chade Meng
My Teacher -- Tan Chade Meng
Grass -- Tan Chade Meng
The Pleasure of Karmic Pain -- Sidart
My prayer -- Chong Siew Ling
Where to live a Buddhist environment -- Bon Giovanni
Qin Music -- Allan Adasiak
Breathe! You are alive! -- Annabel Laity
Free as a bird -- James Cordery
Compassion in motion -- Hyla
Engaged Buddhism -- Kathleen
The meaining of life -- Prof George Boeree

Realizations

Clinging -- Tan Chade Meng
Self and no-self -- Tan Chade Meng
Faith in the other shore -- Tan Chade Meng
I saw a cloud -- David Oller
Meditations on the "self" -- Martin LeFevre
What makes me happy -- Barry Fernelius
Why are we here? -- Jim Williams
Completion -- Steve Potts
Finding My Way -- Karl Milhon
Out of the Blue Buddha -- Sonam
Two or not two? -- Bodhiyana
Death is not a tragedy -- Marlene Zack

Interesting/beautiful episodes and stories

Plastic key Zen -- (A middle-aged mom)
Purple Bamboo Hut -- Chong Siew Ling
Buddha man -- Jerry Costlow
My cat -- Bodhiyana
A meeting with Suzuki -- Oregon Otto
Don't mention Buddhism -- Bodhiyana
Of moons and monkeys -- Paul Hetrick
Is this karma? -- Ryunyo
Meeting the Dalai Lama -- Amy Sedivy

Thoughts about Buddhism

The meaning of prayer -- Robert Kurniawan
The Buddhism Distinctions -- Tawit
The truth -- Prof George Boeree

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