I’m always somewhat skeptical about books that mention various religions under one breath. This often results in generalisations and misinterpretations. True to my ‘suspicion’, the author made these mistakes. It’s probably true that most religions teach us to be good but to equate them as being exactly the same does no justice to their true [...]

Bunny In A Bunny Suit Lyrics by Richy Vesecky, Music by Frank Bango, Sung by Simone White pretending to be myself again acting as if I was who I am wearing the clothes that I always wear and doing the usual thing to my hair Comments: We all cling to an identity, and try to [...]

Is an endangered species (vampires) that endangers another species (humans) justified? If vampires exist and are endangered, would humans strive to protect and feed them? Is it monstrous to kill monsters, or to not kill monsters? Humans endanger other species too, while protecting some. Why the speciesism? Is a single vampire who kills only to [...]

An old friend suddenly turned up in one of my regular classes. When I asked an open question to all, he gave a wrong answer. When I said something else, he added irrelevant comments. When I asked him later, as to why he suddenly decided to come, he confidently said he had an intuitive thought [...]

A Buddhist centre with ‘Bodhicitta’ in its name barbecued dead animals during its gathering after its annual general meeting. Maybe the top agenda they should have had for this important meeting was to discuss what kind of Bodhicitta they hope to exemplify, when they cannot even keep mother sentient beings out of their mouths. It’s [...]

Why do we sometimes encounter poor Dharma teachers who seem to teach inadequately and incoherently? We get who we karmically deserve. Even if the Buddha manifests before you, how ‘poorly’ he appears is a reflection of your negative karma and imperfect perception. This is not to say every teacher you believe or imagine as perfect [...]

A Chinese new year text greeting I received and forwarded: 愿佛法的人生伴随你， 观音菩萨的慈悲充满你， 文殊菩萨的智慧带领你， 地藏菩萨的愿力加持你， 普贤菩萨的行愿成就你 ！ 愿您在十方佛菩萨的加持下一切如意，法喜充满。 合十敬祝您在新的一年里万事吉祥，如意安康，一切圆满。 阿弥陀佛! It reminded me of how we all wish to have the blessings of the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas, while we often forget that the ultimate way to do so, is to embody their qualities, to emulate them, [...]

Cris Johnson in ‘Next’ says: ‘Here is the thing about the future. Every time you look at, it changes, because you looked at it, and that changes everything else.’ If you have a 2-minute warning of what will happen, will you be more relaxed or stressed? Even though we can’t see the future, how we [...]

A Tit for a Tat (223) Tit: Did you see him? Tat: Who? Where? Tit: Him over there. Tat: Oh… I didn’t notice him earlier. Tit: I noticed you never seem to notice him. Tat: Is it? I never noticed that. Tit: Yeah… sure…. Tat: Really! How could I ever notice that I never notice [...]

A Tit for a Tat (222) Tit: He said he can’t live without tuna! Tat: Well, the tuna he eats couldn’t live because of him! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/02/feigning-ignorance Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/02/subjective-stuff About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series

A Tit for a Tat (221) Tit: Is it nice there? How’s the food and cost? Tat: Er… I find it hard to comment on subjective stuff like ambience, taste and price. Let’s just say I’ll go by if I’m in the area, but am not likely to go all the way just to eat. [...]

A Tit for a Tat (220) Tit: Troubleshooting stuff can train mindfulness but it strains the eye! Tat: Troubleshooting troubleshoots the mind and the eye! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/02/subjective-stuff Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/02/isnt-very-helpful About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series

A Tit for a Tat (219) Tit: He asked for our opinions and I gave it. Tat: Then? Tit: He said my reply isn’t very helpful. Tat: Then? Tit: I said his thankless reply isn’t helpful in encouraging opinions either. Tat: Surely, your opinion was more useful than those who didn’t offered any! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/02/troubleshooting [...]

A Tit for a Tat (218) Tit: He used to be a muscular weight-lifter. Now he’s so fat. Tat: Well, no matter what we used to be, we will all be skinny one day. Tit: Huh? Tat: Skinny skeletons rotting in coffins, or even skinner as cremated ashes! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/02/isnt-very-helpful Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/02/do-the-dishes About aT4aT: [...]

A Tit for a Tat (217) Tit: Help me do the dishes. Tat: Sure sure…. But who help me read the papers then? Tit: That’s not a chore! Tat: Want to try? Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/02/skinny-later Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/02/didnt-look-like About aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/logo-for-a-tit-for-a-tat-series