I have just returned from India after a successful pilgrimage during which we visited many holy places, namely: Sankasia (place of Buddha's descent from heaven), Sravasti (where Buddha spent 22 rains residence in Jetavana...

"Few people make plans to ensure that when the inevitable happens it is a "good" death. Most of us put off or even try to defeat death, and enormous energies are devoted to this task. Death is perceived of as a failure, as opposed to a very...

•Nirvāṇa is the state of perfect peace reached and the cessation of suffering through Enlightenment. •In the Pure Land soteriology of Mahayana Buddhism, Nirvana has become increasingly difficult to attain, and through devotion to Amitābha...

My cousin recently was retrenched by his company which he had worked 25 years.  He still need his job as his son is still in school.  When we talk, I encourage him to take a break and learn some new things whilst hunting for a new job and most...

Friends called and emailed from Indonesia, Taiwan, Denmark, Malaysia after hearing the demise of Robert and all of them are in shock. Everyone asked the cause of death, which I replied in the most calm manner, that everyone dies and the only...