Question: Do we need to 开光 (consecrate) Buddha/Bodhisattva images for veneration on a shrine? Answer: I recommend you to consecrate it every day with your Dharma practices like chanting, meditating, offering, circumambulation, sharing of merits… Question: Yes I will do that. But is a formal consecration necessary? Answer: Not for some, yes for the insecure. [...]

J.D Salinger wrote this in ‘The Catcher in the Rye’: ‘Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around – nobody big, I mean – except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What [...]

A Tit for a Tat (209) Tit: Oi! Tat: Why don’t you just say it? Tit: Say what? Tat: Whatever you wanted – without the ‘Oi!’ Tit: Okay… Tat: Oi! Tit: What? Tat: What did you want to say? Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/02/so-sick-of-this Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/01/how-are-you About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series

A Tit for a Tat (208) Tit: How are you? Tat: Same old, same old. Tit: How so? People change! Tat: So? Tit: If you’ve not changed for the better, were the last few years wasted? Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/01/oi Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/01/no-marriage-guarantee About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series

Something funny I came across online: Question: How can Atheism be true when there is no evidence of Atheius? Answer: Of course its true. I bought a blank book and I wrote “Atheism is the only truth” on the first page. It is written in “the book” and therefore it must be true. I’ve also decided [...]

A dialogue from the movie ‘Up In The Air’: Ryan: Kara mentioned that you were having some thoughts. Jim: I don’t think I’m gonna be able to do this. Ryan:: Why would you say that today? Jim: Well, last night I was kind of laying in bed and I couldn’t get to sleep, so I [...]

I am partly blind because I cannot see everything yet. May I be humble to remember this. I am partly deaf because I cannot hear everything yet. May I be humble to remember this. I am partly foolish because I cannot know everything yet. May I be humble to remember this.

Squeezing some ice, he screams in pain. But he only had to let it go to end the needless pain. Crystal clear is the case of foolishness above. So should I stay here to suffer fools (to exhaust my negative karma), or am I a fool too for staying here (to perpetuate this negative karma), [...]

It’s okay, such nonsense, this (somewhat) nonsensical place with (some) nonsensical people with (some) nonsensical matters, because I’m leaving this behind. It’s okay, such nonsense, not that I’m condescending or heartless, as I’m going to Pure Land to better my compassion and wisdom to return better transform this nonsense later. In the mean time, I’m [...]

‘Independence Day’ re-screening on TV tonight reminds me of how simplistic the idea is, of being able to write a computer virus to disable alien invaders’ spaceships. (What programming language do they use anyway?) That said, alien or human, we suffer from the same triple virus of the three poisons (greed, hate, delusion). The cure [...]

The vegan restaurant is closing soon. (Vegsenz at Tekka Mall, at end of month) It’s my last chance to eat there (till they reopen at another place). Should I savour the dishes not yet tried? Should I savour the ones I’m familiar with already? Will I be glad? Will I regret? What if it’s my [...]

He spent $200,000 to change his kidneys via the black market. He spent 1 second to fall and die. What bitter irony! Wealth is no true refuge. Health is no true refuge. What is your true refuge? Amituofo… Amituofo… Amituofo… Amituofo is the name of the Dharmakaya of all Buddhas. Amituofo is the essence of [...]

Amituofo! I chant this for you to hear, not to condemn you for the evil you do, but to urge you to awaken to your Buddha-nature. Amituofo! I chant this for you to hear, not to flatter you for the good you do, but to urge you to align it to your Buddha-nature.

Smile like you mean it. Frown like you mean it. Are these the only options? Half-smile like you mean it. : – ] Half-frown like you mean it. : – [ Is this another option? When I smile a smile of courtesy, I might frown a slight frown too, if I’m not sure I should [...]

From TheZena56: ‘I had a nightmare once. I was walking down a snowy road and the full moon was blood red. And I swear I heard something like this (Digital Daggers’ cover version of Tears for Fears’ Head Over Heels) playing in the background. And I had the biggest urge to run because I felt [...]