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Real or Imaginary Ghosts

By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends | Your Comment | Tags: ghost, mindfulness, rebirth

If you think you are haunted by real ghosts, you should exorcise them, by sending them off for a better rebirth. If you think you are not haunted by real ghosts, you should still exorcise them, by watching them, to free them from your mind. Related Article: A Buddhist Ghost Story http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thedailyenlightenment-realisation/message/371



Exterminate Hatred; Not the Hated

By zweiya under Vegetarianism & Veganism | Your Comment | Tags: animal welfare, compassion, delusion, hatred, love

We jail and fine those who abuse and torture pets, but isn’t culling harmless animals the extreme form of abuse and torture? A good friend sent an email asking signatures for an on-going petition to help stop the extermination of all stray cats in Singapore. It is really sad to know that in this age, [...]



Quotable Dharma Quotes

By Shen Shi'an under Books, Quotations | Your Comment | Tags: compassion, peace

From ‘A Heart Full of Peace’ by Joseph Goldstein are many thought-provoking quotes, with elaborations on what their significance. Below are some personal reflections on those which especially resonated with me. The only thing I can rely on is my sincere motivation. – The Dalai Lama Comments: All we can be truly sure of is [...]



Incredible But Possible

By zweiya under Books | Your Comment | Tags: miracle, truth

Excavations at Jetavana, now Saheth Finally Venerable Faxian and a fellow monk reached Jetavana monastery… but it had since become a deserted grove, with no one in the area. As they strolled deeper inwards, they met an old monk, who gave them illustrative details about how the Buddha once lived there. He even took them to [...]



Superficial Words & Appearances

By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends | 2 Comments | Tags: perception

A Tit for a Tat (53) Tit: I think he looks superficial. Tat: Looks are superficial! Tit: Huh? Tat: I think you sound superficial. Tit: Words are superficial! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/10/do-your-best Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/09/who-is-the-stubborn-one



Are We Human?

By Shen Shi'an under Music | 4 Comments | Tags: Anatta, Anicca, Buddha-nature

Voted song of 2008 by Rolling Stone, The Killers’ ‘Human’ has an interesting line, that seems grammatically incorrect – ‘Are we human, or are we dancer?’ Wikipedia: ‘There remains confusion and debate over the line “Are we human, or are we dancer?” in the song’s chorus. Debate raged across the internet over whether the lyrics [...]



Who is the Stubborn One?

By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends | 4 Comments | Tags: stubbornness

A Tit for a Tat (52) Tit: You’re so stubborn! Tat: Am not! Tit: See what I mean? Tat: You are the one who is stubborn, who keep insisting I am. Tit: Am not! Tat: See what I mean? Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/09/superficial-words-appearances Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/09/just-buddhists-not-buddhas



Just Buddhists; Not Buddhas

By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends | 2 Comments | Tags: delusion

A Tit for a Tat (51) Tit: You are both Buddhists – how can you fall out over the Dharma? Tat: Well, we are just Buddhists; not Buddhas. Tit: But still, the Dharma is supposed to bring peace and harmony. Tat: Actually, no one can fall out over the Dharma – it was just our [...]



Better than Romantic

By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends, Quotations | 8 Comments | Tags: happiness

A Tit for a Tat (50) Tit: Wedding day is a girl’s most happy and beautiful day… Tat: Why can’t all girls feel happy and beautiful every day? Tit: So unromantic! Tat: So much more fantastic! Every day is a good day. [Every moment is a good moment.] – Master Baizang Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/09/just-buddhists-not-buddhas Previous [...]



Paradox of Facts & Rumours

By Shen Shi'an under Movies/TV | 2 Comments | Tags: Stonepeace, truth

In the movie ‘Inglourious Basterds’, Colonel Hans Landa tells Perrier LaPardite the following in an unnerving scene – ‘I love rumours! Facts can be so misleading, where rumours, true or false, are often revealing.’ That’s an interesting twist, reminding us of how so-called facts might just be blindly accepted rumours. Yet, paradoxically, rumours should not [...]



See Any Logic?

By zweiya under Odds & Ends | Your Comment | Tags: distraction

Jat: I see no logic in the Rubik Cube. Yah: I see no logic why you want to see logic in that cube? Jat: Because I want to be able to solve it. Yah: And? Jat: And what? Yah: And what’s next? Jat: Nothing, just wanna do it. Many of us get distracted by trivial [...]



Of Buddha-Images of Buddha-Nature

By zweiya under Odds & Ends | 2 Comments | Tags: attachment, Buddha-nature, letting go, self

There are many Buddha images around the world, and they come in all shapes, sizes and materials. We will always choose the one we feel close to for enshrining at home – one that is appealing to look at, that we feel close to. Non-Buddhists often accuse Buddhists of idol-worshiping. To them, paying homage before [...]



From a Physical ‘Whiteout’ to a Spiritual Blackout

By Shen Shi'an under Movies/TV | Your Comment | Tags: delusion, Four Noble Truths

In the movie ‘Whiteout’, a U.S. marshal, being the only one assigned to Antarctica, makes it a point to solve a murder case there… a mere three days before the merciless winter which lasts for six months in darkness begins howling. The more she investigates, the darker a conspiracy gets. Before the darkness of night [...]



Debunking the Top 10 Myths of the 7th Night

By Shen Shi'an under Movies/TV | Your Comment | Tags: ghost, rebirth, vengeance

I watched the above movie (Blood Ties) to gather points on popular misconceptions on what happens after death, for delivering this Dharma talk: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/08/debunking-the-top-10-myths-of-the-7th-month As I kind of expected, there were many. Here they are – [1] Guanyin Bodhisattva was not a Hindu god; s/he is Buddhist in origin. [2] Vengeance is pointless and endless [...]



Don’t Catch, Torture or Eat

By zweiya under Odds & Ends, Vegetarianism & Veganism | Your Comment | Tags: animal welfare, compassion

Pol: Does your brother eat what he fishes? Jat: Yup. Pol: Eweeh! He should just catch and release. I do that. I think it’s too cruel to eat what you fish. Yah: Huh? Catch and release isn’t kind either. Pol: True, but at least it won’t have to die. Jat: Did you cut away the [...]



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