‘Funny People’ is largely a comedy, but it is also a serious movie with elements of tragedy too. Okay, a tragicomedy it is then, with a heavier slant on comedy. It’s about a seasoned comedian (George Simmons, played by Adam Sandler), who was diagnosed with a fatal sickness, who thereafter struggles to take it lightheartedly [...]

Used to wonder what’s so wonderful about the beach… Till I realised it is the meeting point of many things… Not just surfboards, Not just volleyballs, Not just deck chairs… Of the vast sky, Of the vast sea, Of the vast land… Of calm of waves, Of turmoil at times, Of paradoxes of life… Of [...]

‘Human’ is probably  ‘Human League’s’ most haunting song ever. It used to always gave a sense of solace… till I looked at its lyrics in detail recently. The chorus goes… I’m only human Of flesh and blood I’m made Human Born to make mistakes While understandable, there’s too much a tad of fatalistic self-rationalisation, attractive [...]

A Dharma friend sent me this Youtube link on meditation. He felt that it’s a very good way to introduce Non-Buddhist friends to meditation, although ‘we all know the trainer uses Buddhist techniques’. I agree it’s skilful not to use Buddhist labels at first… lest there are erroneous preconceptions that impedes open-mindedness to learn meditation [...]