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In ‘Timbuktu’ by Paul Auster (illustrated by Julia Goschke for an abridged graphic novel), the author explores human homelessness via the vision of a vagrant dog. Ostracised by society, as Mr. Bones the dog put it, ’He would have to keep on moving, even if he had nowhere to go.’ There is no true lasting refuge [...]

Friend: I read your recent article about ’small & big cars’ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thedailyenlightenment-realisation/message/358). Sometimes its ‘difficult’ to practise the Dharma. For example, I know I am able to afford branded cars but choose not to do so, because of past bad experiences with them. Yet sometimes when I am out, I see someone drive a branded car [...]

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Snail-mailed slightly more than 100 copies of ‘The Daily Enlightenment 3: Reflections for Practising Buddhists’ so far – to generous contributors. The production cost is about 70% covered so far (though there are many efforts involved not quantifiable by money). But we definitely welcome more contributions to urge the faster production of TDE 4! The [...]

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[It's weird when you discover you're 'supposed' to be Cambodian monk when you are not. What would you do? This is what I did...] To the Editor in Chief, On page 83 of the article “The Travelling Monk” of the February 08 issue of Rogue by T. Bernardo (http://issuu.com/migmari/docs/roguefeb08), there was mention of my name [...]

Sent this to a remarkable friend who is unrelentingly involved in charity work for the greater good, to the extent that his good example puts me to shame at times: ‘Serve not any particular person only [not even your 'boss' or 'client', lest you feel let down by him or her], but as many as [...]

Hi Moonpointer friends, I’ll be there almost throughout the whole exhibition. If you come by, say hi! Amituofo

As featured in ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’, through of human birth as brothers, Wolverine and Sabretooth were mutants with opposite inclinations. Wolverine was more slanted towards human-nature – in the humane way, while Sabretooth was more slanted towards animal-nature – in a savage way. While Wolverine was haunted by recurring nightmares of the brutal wars he [...]

Whenever I got bumped into by unmindful and unapologetic pedestrians in the past, the natural tendency was to give rise to some resentment. It’s as if the world is totally at fault, while I’m perfectly blameless. Nowadays, I have a different take. I realised that most of these bumps are the results of my own [...]

A friend asked me a couple of interesting questions. I thought I would share them with their answers here – because I kind of wondered similarly in the past, and am sure some others out there would too! Q: Have always wondered about the definition of ‘佛陀’. Does it refer to Shakyamuni Buddha or Buddhas [...]

It is partly due to the ‘endless’ clinging to self-delusion, to constant wondering about the nature of the ‘self’, which is really an illusion, that perpetuates our rebirths in Samsara (via attachment to this non-existent ‘self’). The subtlest attachment we have to the idea of ‘self’ will lead to rebirth because rebirth is due to [...]

Here is more about the book and how you get it: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheDailyEnlightenment/message/660 Get it while stocks last! The Daily Enlightenment was created by the makers of Moonpointer. So, chances are, if you like the stuff here, you should enjoy TDE too :-]