Insights
You Are Not the Fish: Standing on the Bridge Over the Hao River
Zhuangzi said the fish were happy. Huizi said you are not a fish. Standing on the bridge, I finally understood: between compassion and wisdom, there is a bridge.
6/7/20269 min
Writings
What Ru Shi Writes
Whatever comes to mind. Sometimes a story I read, sometimes something that came to me while holding my mala beads.
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Buddhist Notes
Hariti: The Mother Who Ate Other People's Children
A demon named Joy who ate other people's children to feed her own. The Buddha didn't fight her - he just let her feel that pain herself. A story about how wide our love can be.
6/6/20265 min
Buddhist Notes
I Refused the Gift: When Someone Came to Insult the Buddha
When someone came to insult the Buddha, he simply refused the gift. A story about anger, response, and inner freedom.
6/5/20266 min
All Writings
Insights
You Are Not the Fish: Standing on the Bridge Over the Hao River
Zhuangzi said the fish were happy. Huizi said you are not a fish. Standing on the bridge, I finally understood: between compassion and wisdom, there is a bridge.
6/7/20269 min
Buddhist Notes
The Nine-Colored Deer: A Thousand-Year Tale of Gratitude and Betrayal
The most moving Jataka story from the Dunhuang murals—a nine-colored deer saves a drowning man only to be betrayed, yet ultimately resolves the crisis through compassion and truth.
4/19/20268 min
Insights
The Ksitigarbha Sutra: The "Warmest" Buddhist Scripture and Why It Resonates So Deeply
The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra is perhaps the most moving text in all of Buddhism. His vow — "I will not become a Buddha until all hells are empty" — represents the deepest compassion imaginable. It is not only about death and the afterlife; it is wisdom about how to live, how to love, and how to never give up.
4/10/202622 min
Insights
Feng Zikai: Compassion in Life-Protection Art
Feng Zikai recorded life
4/7/202616 min