Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Nov 22, 2009, 7:53 pm
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...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Nov 2, 2009, 9:00 pm
"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 perc...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Oct 29, 2009, 8:49 pm
•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 diffi...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Oct 26, 2009, 10:52 pm
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...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Oct 20, 2009, 9:05 pm
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 ca...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Oct 19, 2009, 7:53 pm
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Oct 18, 2009, 5:00 am
我见他人死，when I see someone dying我心热如火，my heart is filled with fire不是热他人，not to warm any others看看轮到我。but to look at my own destiny Robert was a close frie...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Oct 13, 2009, 9:53 pm
My talk on End of Life in KL received quite a bit of response in Malaysia, as I continue to receive request for media interview. The media must have liked my take on this dreadful or even taboo subjec...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Oct 3, 2009, 10:41 pm
梅兰芳： 看我非我 我看我 我也非我 装谁像谁 谁装谁 谁就像谁 -- May you be well, happy, peaceful. With Gratitude, ROBIN
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Sep 29, 2009, 7:51 pm
Anger may manifest itself in the following ways: - Like a line drawn across water, anger that disappears quickly. - Like a line drawn in the sand, disappearing when a wave washes ashore. - Like a l...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Sep 23, 2009, 8:24 pm
古诗云：‘我见他人死，我心热如火，不是热他人，看看轮到我。’ 临终关怀护理的原则 1．以照料为中心 　2．维护人的尊严 　　3．提高临终生活质...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Sep 16, 2009, 8:23 pm
The past two months have been an interesting experience for me. Every year around this time, the lunar 7th month followed by my birthday month, I rejoice as obstacles come along the way which teache...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Sep 14, 2009, 8:14 pm
一声佛号一声心,  念念弥陀摄六根,  字句分明耳应口,  凡情消处见慈尊。  A sound of buddha name a sound resonance in the heart,  Continuous th...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Sep 2, 2009, 2:22 am
Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Thich Nhat Hanh's Vietnam-based Bat Nha monastery is under severe economic, violent, and governmental pressure to abandon its premises by September 2.  The cause: A sta...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Aug 24, 2009, 9:49 pm
Why do people blog? For me, I blog because I want to note down my daily learnings. For others, it could be fame, money and a knife to sharp. A good example is Cai Ming Jie's blog on taxi diary ...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Aug 19, 2009, 1:23 am
Someone has asked me about the various Buddhist mantra and thought I should share them with you. http://www.artibet.com/resources/mantras.shtml These are power syllables, words, or phrases that help...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Aug 13, 2009, 9:02 pm
I was speaking on Palliative Care and End of Life research recently in the NUS-Duke conference in May 2009 and now again in Bhutan. End of life care is extremely important, but lots of doctors, nurs...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Aug 4, 2009, 10:09 pm
The Four Immeasurable Wishes of Buddhism Love: May all mother sentient beings, boundless as the sky, have happiness and the causes of happiness. Compassion: May they be liberated from suffering and...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Jul 29, 2009, 8:03 pm
The issue on Singapore trained doctor lacking ethics reported in the newspaper is timely and appropriate. For those who didn't read the news, here is the report on a survey of TTSH young doctors,...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Jul 28, 2009, 8:11 pm
In Hindu mythology, Mara (bdud) is equivalent to Kama (' dod-pa'i lha), the god of desire. This equivalence is accepted in Buddhism as well. Mara in Buddhist Mythology In Buddhism, Mara then...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Jul 28, 2009, 2:35 am
How to turn "Greed, Anger, Ignorance" into "Precepts, Deep Concentration, Wisdom" From what do these Karmas that are sources of suffering arise? They stem from a further source of suffering--the affli...
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Jul 23, 2009, 8:06 pm
The Six Paramitas (Perfections) The Sanskrit word paramita means to cross over to the other shore. Paramita may also be translated as perfection, perfect realization, or reaching beyond limitation....
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Robin C. posted an article on Robin's Karma - Jul 20, 2009, 11:09 pm
When I born, I blackWhen I grow up, I black When I go in Sun, I black When I scared, I black When I sick, I black An...
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