A Tit for a Tat (83) Tit: It’s so difficult to choose between the two because they are so alike! Tat: If they are really so alike, it should be easy to choose either! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/01/what-kind-of-kind Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/01/stop-whining

In the movie ‘Turning Point’, a baddie becomes an undercover cop, who is told to become an undercover baddie. It’s a miracle that either side knows who to trust! At one point, the protagonist becomes unsure which is more scary – to be revealed to be a cop or a baddie. When the case he [...]

Falling asleep readily in the night, may I swiftly let go of the world(ly). Waking up readily in the morning, may I swiftly awaken to reality.

Q: Whenever I face any challenges at work, I’ll tell myself I’m ‘paying’ for my past negative karma. If we have karma to face at work, does leaving the job change the karma, or only delay it from ripening? How do we know we have exhausted ‘that’ karma? A: You’re right in that it is a [...]

‘Who am I?’ ‘I’ am nothing but constant change, yet while our mind and matter change, there is always to unchanging potential to become fully enlightened, perfect in compassion and wisdom. Yesterday at 11:37pm · Raymund Lacson Well said.. Thanks Shen Shi’an Today at 4:40am · Leong Seng Chen Well bros Shen & Ray, to [...]

How can you save all beings from suffering, if you keep eating some of these beings? – Stonepeace Every once in a while, I’m accused of being an extremist just because I’m a vegan (i.e. a vegetarian who also does not use any animal-derived products), who speak up for animals. But if vegans do not [...]

It is easy for the good person to do good deeds, but for the evil one it is difficult to do good deeds. It is easy for the evil person to do bad deeds, but it is difficult for the good one to do bad deeds. – Udana (The Buddha) Make it easier to do [...]

What happens when you trust an authority other than yourself to be the source of truth? You tend to lose the truth – to varying extents, as dependent on your source of (mis)information. The Buddha’s advice of personal investigation to know and see the truth makes great sense. In the movie ‘Breaking News’, both the supposedly [...]

Free your secret and become who you are. – PostSecret tagline Sometimes when we think we are keeping a secret, that secret is actually keeping us. – Frank Warren (PostSecret founder) The truth will set you free. Who do you become when you are free from your secrets? Someone one with truth. Someone free. I [...]

En route to the first Buddhist holy place of worship, we dropped by the famed Taj Mahal. The brief of it all is that it’s a huge mausoleum built by a king to commemorate his lover upon her passing. But before you conjure a romantic vision of it, the truth is, it is largely an empty [...]

In the film ‘Don’t Look Back’ (Ne Te Retourne Pas), Jeanne (played by Sophie Marceau) realises that small but definite changes seem to be taking place in her life in every aspect… from the arrangement of the furniture in her house, to the appearance of her family members. In fact, her own appearance begins to [...]

As I missed the movie ‘Accident’ accidentally when it was screening, I purposely (i.e. ‘not accidentally’) made a point to catch it on a flight. The story tells of a gang which makes money from planning ‘accidents’ to kill those targeted by their clients, so that the latter can profit from huge insurance claims. Ironically, [...]

From http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DharmaNews/message/5321 : Controversy Over Display of Buddhist Relics Yen Feng, The Straits Times, 2 January 2010 Five prominent Buddhist groups yesterday distanced themselves from an exhibition on Buddhist relics and artefacts, currently drawing thousands of visitors at the Suntec Convention Centre. The groups – which included Singapore’s biggest Mahayana Buddhist temple, the Kong Meng [...]

In a scene of the movie ‘Sherlock Holmes’, the famed super sleuth makes sharp observations and astute deductions on the character of Dr. Watson’s fiancée. He gets most of them right, but a key one wrong, His wrong conclusion hurt her feelings as she stomps off in rage. It made me think… as sure as [...]

The PostSecret postcard from ‘PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God’ reads: ‘I wanted him so badly that I slept with him, knowing he was going home to you. Now that I know he would cheat, I don’t want him anymore. I’m sorry.’ Oh the irony yet truthfulness of it all! I never really understood [...]