Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 (Piyadassī)

Working on a plant-insect relationships lecture and found something new to me. Midgley et al (2015) (doi.org/10.1038/npla...) reported a smelly, dung-mimicking seed that is primarily dispersed by deceived dung beetles! 'a' and 'b' below are Ceratocaryum seeds. 'g' is the beetles' typical target

Just realized that 傍生 literally means horizontal being, tiracchāna. I haven't encountered this term outside of Buddhist texts. Why didn't I connect the dot previously?

Initially, I thought this is a dead leaf stuck on a door, then someone told me it's a moth. Cute furry underbelly. No idea which type of moth this is.

Gosh, I wish I can get Ajahn Brahmali's Vinaya Pitaka (well, minus the Abhidhamma-like Parivara) so that I can go through the Vinaya systematically at least once. Asking Theravada Buddhist Council of Malaysia to see if there is any plan to print out Vinaya Pitaka for distribution. 🤞

Gosh, this guy has the energy of the Energizer's bunny. Watching him scoring wins is tiring, in a good way.

As a consequence of reading this gutter news before sleeping, I dreamed that I almost broke the celibacy precept, but I ran away. But it was just a nightmare, phew.

Arghh, using AI narrator to do the emcee intro in a Buddhist course. That's a first for me. We have deluge of AI content among Malaysian Buddhist circle.

Vassa this year is rather uneventful compared to last year. Let's hope it stays this way.

What a nightmare! I dreamed that I disrobed. Upon realising that I disrobed, I frantically looked for my teacher to re-ordain. Then I woke up and found myself still in robe. What a relief! It was just a nightmare, not reality.

Gosh, global warming is unbearable. And the annual haze coming from Indonesia doesn't help. Before everyone blames Indonesia, the big bosses of huge plantations in Indonesia are its SEA neighbours. We're in it together.

I wonder if Elon has any sense of guilt. Anyway, may the fleas of a thousand camels infest his armpits.

Zen is where you find it. Life wisdom on a Princeton University street sign: "Approach Slowly Gate Will Open."

I'm surprised that kāṇa is defined as one-eyed in SN56.48. Bhikkhu Bodhi and its Chinese Agama parallel agree on blind turtle instead of one-eyed turtle.

YouTube’s AI disclosure policy and Green’s own wrestling with the technology illuminate different sides of the same question: When does AI support human effort—and when does it replace it in ways that matter?

That's one way of motivating oneself to read suttas. As a book-lover who's on okayish pay previously, I can understand that motivation. That's a lot of money. I read suttas so that I can write blurbs in Chinese. Killing two birds with one stone.

Suttacentral discourse server acting cranky since last night. I keep getting server error messages. Maybe it's a sign that I'm online too much.

Anagarika Dharmapala was a terrible person.

Almost stepped on it in the dark, below my bed.

Little cutie hissing

I am sure if Westerners find repetitive chanting of iti pi so appealing, but I certainly detest this sort of chanting. I doubt that's what the Buddha meant by Buddhanussati. Recollection should bring in the emotional aspect of faith through slow and long reflection by oneself.

A video on AI in academia. The professor presented the topic in monotone, yet it managed to retain my attention. Kind of weird. Oh right, she reminds me of Daria.

Any vow for this vassa? I have a few. Let me keep them private. I will probably treat them like how I treat New Year's resolutions.😅