‘A cheerfully likeable manifesto for lifestyle change.’ – Guardian
‘A liberating and wry take on the treadmill of modern life.’ – Daily Mail
‘Instructional and inspirational.’ – The Times
Book blurb: For millions of years, humankind has used a brilliantly successful survival strategy. If we like something, we chase after more of it: more status, more food, more [...]

A group of friends went lunching together at a food court. As they sat to eat, as if it’s the most natural thing in the world, everyone’s tongue begins wagging, instead of mindfully munching their food. A bonding session some would say this is, where the like-minded gather to often vent their displeasures on particular [...]

I used to wonder why most movies featuring Buddhist monks show them going astray – at some point… Then it struck me that a story of a perfect monk will inevitably end up being a feature of the life story of the Buddha! Because the Buddha is a perfect monk! Then again, we can do [...]

Here is an aT4aT contributed by fellow vegan reader Louche.
It’s probably the briefest so far, yet super punchy!
Thanks!

A Tit for a Tat (37)
Tit: Why did you become vegan?
Tat: Compassion, love and understanding. So… why did you become a carnivore?
Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/08/thank-you-for-everything
Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/07/doubly-unfounded-agitation

Hi readers, you know… moonpointer.com is meant to be Buddhist blog community, though over the years, there are few contributors. I guess it’s natural, since it’s easy to start your own blog. Featured today are are couple of Chinese contributed links from a fellow reader (Jetty). Hope you like them! (You can contribute by using [...]

In ‘The Brave and the Bold: The Lords of Luck’ by Mark Waid et al, ‘The Book of Destiny‘ from DC comics’ universe makes another prominent re-appearance. I’m ambivalent about the purpose of it cos it’s much ado about nothing to me. It’s a mythological book with the past, present and future written in it. [...]

Am recalling some of the songs I grew up with… Above is the video for ‘You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk’ (from the album ‘Nightlife’) – a poignant song on the problem of alcoholism, which seems to make people toggle between love and hate for their victims, which confuses loved ones [...]

Nic: What’s worse than having a lousy big boss?
Nac: Er… a lousy middle management boss?
Nic: Yup – the kind who are just messengers.
Nac: Yeah – they just pass messages to and fro without question from the big boss.
Nic: Utterly useless ‘managers’ – they are just fit to be messenger boys.
Nac: Such ‘managers’ also expect staff [...]

When I was younger, during my adolescent years, there was a period of time, which felt like two years, when I diligently avoided looking into any mirror – because I didn’t felt like the person I saw in the reflection. There was a bizarre sense of disconnection, as if my face didn’t represent or express [...]

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Received a rather uplifting email…
“Dear Mr. Shen, I am a translator and currently I am translating a book entitled “Enough” by John Naish. A quotation from you appears in the book as follows:
The moment we are content, we have enough.
The problem is that we habitually think the other way round:
we assume [...]