A Tit for a Tat (32) Tit: Orh! You’re eating animals! You’re supposed to be vegetarian! Tat: Relax! It’s a tofu burger, not a beef burger! Tit: I thought you betrayed your cause! Tat: Hey! Look who’s fault-finding – someone who lets down animals for almost every meal! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/07/divine-love-for-all Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/07/affinity-effort-needed
It’s a Tofu Burger
By Shen Shi'an under Vegetarianism & Veganism |
1 Comment | Tags: Vegetarianism & Veganism
Is Superman an Angel?
By jianxie under Comics & Graphic Novels |
1 Comment | Tags: Bodhisattva, Buddha, existentialism, faith, God, gods
In ‘Superman: Redemption’ (by Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza and Walt Simonson), Superman hears the desperate prayers of an old lady (Barbara Johnson) with his super-hearing and saves her from being hit by a car. She was calling out to God for help and when Superman swoops down from the sky to heed her call instead, [...]
The Sum of Our Parts
By Shen Shi'an under Comics & Graphic Novels |
Your Comment | Tags: karma, rebirth
In ’100 Girls’ by Adam Gallardo and Todd Demong, a girl discovers herself to be a genetically cloned person engineered by the government in secret, with 99 others who look like her, but have different characters and supernormal powers. She escapes from the authorities and seeks to rescue all her other ‘sisters’ in captivity. She [...]
Just Post & Do It!
By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends, Photojournal |
4 Comments | Tags: mindfulness, procrastination
After years of trying out various methods of organising my various to-do lists, I think I came up with the ultimate way – at least for the moment. It was actually inspired by scenes from movies, where investigators stick many post-its on a wall with snippets of info that needed piecing together. My past method [...]
Affinity & Effort Needed
By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends |
Your Comment | Tags: diligence, karma
A Tit for a Tat (31) Tit: Why did you not find me? Tat: How could I find you in the crowd? Why did you not find me? Tit: How could I find you in the crowd? Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/07/its-a-tofu-burger Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/07/a-fishing-buddhist
A Fishing Buddhist?
By Shen Shi'an under Vegetarianism & Veganism |
8 Comments | Tags: Vegetarianism & Veganism
A Tit for a Tat (30) Tit: Where did he go? Tat: Thailand. Tit: What for? Tat: A fishing vacation. Tit: And he considers himself a devout Buddhist? Tat: (Shrugs) He ought to visit www.fishinghurts.com Tit: And he should ask his Buddhist teacher if the Buddha ever fished! Tat: Hah! Imagine the Buddha relishing at [...]
Who’s Who?
By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends |
Your Comment | Tags: self
A Tit for a Tat (29) Tit: Is that who I think it is? Tat: Who? Where? Tit: (Pointing at someone in a crowd) That person! Tat: I don’t know who I’m supposed to look for, and who ‘that person’ is supposed to look like! Everyone in the crowd looks like someone else! Next aT4aT: [...]
Pain of Vanity
By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends |
3 Comments | Tags: Dukkha
A Tit for a Tat (28) Tit: It’s good to be tall because there would be no need to wear high heels (to look taller). Tat: It’s not good to be tall because there would be less opportunity to wear high heels (or one might look too tall). Tit: But don’t you know it’s painful [...]
Are You Eating Impure Meat?
By jianxie under Vegetarianism & Veganism |
12 Comments | Tags: Vegetarianism & Veganism
A Tit for a Tat (27) Tit: Hey, you’re eating meat? Tat: Well, it’s ‘pure meat’. Tit: What do you mean? Tat: Meat that is permissible by the Buddha’s guidelines, that I didn’t see, hear or suspect to be from animals killed for me. Tit: Where did you get it from? Random alms food? Tat: [...]
Losing the Religion of Mindfulness
By zweiya under Odds & Ends |
1 Comment | Tags: karma, mindfulness
On the hottest day At the busiest hour With the tightest jeans And the darkest top In the crowdiest train With the stuffiest air-con Moving at the slowest speed Flanked by the smelliest Waiting for the lengthiest time for a seat Before getting the warmest one Which took the longest time to cool Only to [...]
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