In ‘The Waiting Place’ by Sean Kelley McKeever, Scott says, ‘Do you know what new year’s day is? It’s just another day. Everyone thinks, like when the clock strikes midnight, you’ve suddenly entered a new chapter in your life, but it’s nothing like...

I came up with 20 multiple-choice questions for a quiz given at the end of a course I give for guides from Singapore Tourism Board on Buddhism. Some of these questions have two possible answers – to urge them think deeper. They are all reviewed and explained at the end, even though...

In ‘Batman: Gotham After Midnight’ by Steve Niles and Kelley Jones, Batman says this to Comissioner Gordon, ‘This is the second time she [a police officer] took credit for my work. I don’t like it. You know how important it is for criminals to know that it’s me...

A friend once asked me to never forget her, to remember to ‘save’ her, to lead her to Pure Land, should I reach there first. I didn’t promise her because me being mindful of her cannot bring her to Pure Land, while it is her mindfulness of Amituofo [Amitabha Buddha] that can...

From ‘Prince of Persia’ by A. B. Sina et al: Guiv: (Injuring a lion that almost killed him in defence; without killing him) No one gave me the power to take life. Peacock: (When lion pounces on Guiv again and is slashed dead) No one gave you power to spare life. Comments: We...

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Presenting the logo for Moonpointer.com’s ‘A Tit for a Tat’ series! If you have ideas for a better design, do let me know! There are now more than 100 aT4aT entries, all of which aim to be pithy dialogues of contradictions and complications, marrying quirky wit with...

From http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=22,8959,0,0,1,0 & http://kmspks.org/download/clear_misconceptions.pdf (slightly different version) [This is a concise version of the article at http://tinyurl.com/ronytan] With regards to the article at...

Good intentions are not good enough if they arise from delusion. This is why Buddhism pays attention to both goodness (compassion; the opposite of evil intentions, speech and actions) and truth (wisdom; the opposite of delusion). -...

This is one of my favourite Batman scenes from the 1966 TV series. Watch and listen carefully. It’s side-splittingly hilarious! It made me think…. this could had been pretty cool in its time, but is now seen as mostly as super camp. Now look at how much darker Batman has become in...

A Tit for a Tat (103) Tit: The caller hung up. So impatient! Tat: What did you say? Tit: I asked him to speak up – as I couldn’t hear him properly. Tat: Maybe he couldn’t hear you properly too! Tit: Huh? Tat: Which is why he hung up – instead of speak up! Next aT4aT:...

A Tit for a Tat (102) Tit: There’s no need for you to know it. Tat: Why? Tit: Because it doesn’t matter to you. Tat: But how do you know it doesn’t matter? Tit: And how do you know it does matter? Tat: I don’t! I will know if it matters only after knowing what’s...

Love is the only shocking act left on the planet. – Reed Bennett If you are honest, and would like others to be honest, how would you take it if your otherwise perfectly ‘faithful’ spouse of many years tells you that she once had a very brief affair in your absence a long ...

During the eve of Chinese New Year, a group of us went for blood donation. We were way over due since the last donation because of our trip to India. But the wait is worthwhile as a friend received two sms-es from the blood bank appealing for blood. It’s a known fact that festive...

A Tit for a Tat (101) Tit: Are you afraid to kill cockroaches because it creates bad karma? Tat: I don’t kill them because they are afraid to die like us. Tit: If all are like you, wouldn’t the world be overrun by cockroaches? Tat: Firstly, not all are like me. Secondly, if we are...

A Tit for a Tat (100) Tit: Everyone should see someone as special. Tat: Only one? Tit: If not, that person wouldn’t be special. Tat: Isn’t it more special to see two or more than one to be special? Tit: Sounds like promiscuity! Tat: What if everyone is seen as equally...

A Tit for a Tat (99) Tit: I wonder why people wear toupees when it looks so obvious that they are doing so. Tat: As a rule, those who you spot to be wearing toupees must be obvious toupee-wearers. Tit: What do you mean? Tat: As a rule too, those who you don’t spot to be wearing toupees...

‘The Serpent and the Rainbow’, which is supposedly based on a true story (By Wade Davis) tells of a terrifying Haitian semi-scientific and semi-voodoo drug, that can induce a fake death syndrome, where the ‘deceased’ is seen to be thoroughly dead medically, who is not...

A Tit for a Tat (98) Tit: He’s breaking up with her. Tat: Why? Tit: Because she doesn’t want to have a baby with him. Tat: That’s it? Tit: Uh huh… Tat: Looks like he loves his non-existent baby more than his existing lover! Tit: Now his lover doesn’t exist...

A Tit for a Tat (97) Tit: How’s your sore throat? Tat: It’s better but am not sure if it’s permanent. Tit: As if you will never get a sore throat again in your life! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/bizarre-baby-love Previous aT4aT:...