How to deal with anger using the Buddha’s Teachings
Recognising anger without judgement is the first step to healing it. The Buddha offers down-to-earth tools for transforming this fire.
How to deal with anger using the Buddha’s Teachings
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When Wishing Becomes a Curse: What Obsession (2026) Teaches Us About Tanha
When Wishing Becomes a Curse: What Obsession (2026) Teaches Us About Tanha
Obsession turns a familiar romantic fantasy into horror: what if the person you want finally chooses you completely? Through Bear’s wish, the film shows how craving can turn love into possession.
She Was Enough All Along: A Buddhist Reflection on K-Pop Demon Hunters
She Was Enough All Along: A Buddhist Reflection on K-Pop Demon Hunters
Discover the Buddhist lessons hidden in K-Pop Demon Hunters through Ejae, Rumi and the values of resolve and patience.
Understanding Right Speech: Reflections On Ajahn Yiu’s Teaching
Understanding Right Speech: Reflections On Ajahn Yiu’s Teaching
Ajahn Yiu's teachings reflect on why Right Speech is often harder to practise than silence, revealing how our words are deeply tied to thought, habits, and mindfulness. More than social etiquette, truthful and mindful speech becomes a foundation for inner clarity, self-honesty, and genuine Dhamma practice.
When Someone You Love Leaves the Dhamma
When Someone You Love Leaves the Dhamma
A heartfelt reflection on how to respond when a loved one leaves Buddhism, exploring grief, attachment, and the challenge of practising true letting go. Rooted in Buddhist teachings, the article invites readers to meet spiritual differences with patience, equanimity, and compassion.
Ep 73: Retiring from Singapore Elite Special Forces to Buddhist Monk ft. Venerable Drachom
Ep 73: Retiring from Singapore Elite Special Forces to Buddhist Monk ft. Venerable Drachom
Can you become fearless not by becoming stronger, but by learning to love more deeply?
In this thought-provoking conversation, Ven Drachom explores what it means to move beyond fear and develop a deeper relationship with compassion, courage, discipline, and suffering. Drawing from his experiences as a former SEAL-trained anti-terrorist commando and his Buddhist spiritual practice, he offers a very different perspective on what it means to become a spiritual warrior.
Rather than seeing fear as something that must simply be defeated, Ven Drachom describes a transformation in which fear gradually gives way to love. The goal is not to become emotionally numb or invulnerable. Instead, it is to develop the inner strength to meet difficult experiences without immediately reacting to them.