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A Wikitruth

By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends | Your Comment | Tags: truth

A reflection on states(wo)men quoted via Wikileaks: Though it’s true that one said what one said, having said it doesn’t necessarily make it true. Just because one is caught having said something secretly doesn’t make that said the truth. This is common sense, but commonly missed too. Related Article: Wikileaks: The Power of Truth http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/08/the-power-of-truth



Surreality

By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends | Your Comment | Tags: Anicca, reality

Nothing is more surreal than the shimmering lights of the city, and its colourful cars and people fleeting by. Nothing is more surreal than reality itself, than this scene of swift change. Thank goodness this is seen as such, for I wouldn’t want any hard and harsh ‘reality’ to stick.



A Limbo Befriender?

By shiqin under Odds & Ends | 1 Comment | Tags: friendship, karma

Something written a long time ago… (Facebook has changed much since) Checking if a friend sees me as a friend, I clicked ‘add as friend’, and waited. ‘Awaiting friend confirmation’, says Facebook still, days later. Am I actually secretly ignored already, or left in the ambivalent limbo between acceptance and rejection? I can click the [...]



Coast

By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends | Your Comment | Tags: attachment

How far away must I be to not be at the coast? A metre, ten, a hundred, more, or what? Or is it where I… see the sea not, hear the waves not, smell the tang not, taste the salt not, feel the breeze not, think about it not at all. The hardest is the [...]



Schemers Don’t Like Schemers

By Shen Shi'an under Movies/TV | Your Comment | Tags: honesty, karma, trust

In the ‘brutal’ game that is Survivor in one of the recent seasons, Fabio, seemingly a simple-minded goofball at first, eventually won the game. This seemed pretty amazing because he was the youngest winner yet, and he won without double-crossing anyone. The thing is, if you double-cross anyone, and are found and judged by the [...]



Deadly Allergy

By Shen Shi'an under Vegetarianism & Veganism | Your Comment | Tags: demonisation, Vegetarianism & Veganism

I heard a parent order a dish of pasta for his kid. He asked if there is prawn in it, because his kid is allergic to prawn. I figure he must do this every time eating out. Why not simply order vegetarian food for peace of mind? While prawns might be demonised as an allergy, [...]



Bless You

By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends | Your Comment | Tags: affinity, blessing, guru, karma, merits, suffering

What happens when a guru blesses you? Does he or she passes over some special force of goodness or merits, that is so special, so subtle, that it can’t be seen, or even felt? Maybe, sometimes? But the truest blessing is one that is heartfelt, that you are mindful of, that transforms your life forever, [...]



Present Day

By Shen Shi'an under Photojournal | Your Comment | Tags: evolution

Walking in the Evolution Garden of Singapore Botanic Gardens, it was a journey through the evolution of flora. On the ground were name plates of the eras we were walking into. Exiting the garden, welcome to ‘Present Day’. Down to Earth. Come back to the here and now. Me too, have evolved over billions of [...]



Three Takeaway Tips

By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends | Your Comment | Tags: Buddhahood, True Happiness

A participant who completed Project Rebirth (Round 2) asked me what would be three key takeaway tips to sum up the whole course. This is my reply: 1. What we all truly want is True Happiness and that is Buddhahood. 2. The path to True Happiness (Buddhahood) comes from bringing happiness to oneself and others [...]



The Limitations & Cycle Of ‘Sincerity’

By Shen Shi'an under Odds & Ends | Your Comment | Tags: honesty, rebirth, sincerity

Part 1: It is amazing… how a total stranger on the street can be all smiles, greeting you, offering a hand to shake. Then again, it’s expected, as she is just a salesperson out to be nice, only to solicit a sale from you. Part 2: It is amazing… how the same ‘stranger’ on the [...]



Check Out My Mouth-Watering Meaty Dish!

By zhaojian under Vegetarianism & Veganism | 2 Comments | Tags: Bodhisattva, greed, rejoice, Vegetarianism & Veganism

I’ve no intentions of being a killjoy when it comes to others’ gastronomical pleasures. But I do find it as jaw-dropping as it is bizarre, when Buddhist friends post photos of their ‘catch of the day’, the meaty dishes they are about to tuck into, in their Facebook feeds. Of course, they are non-vegetarians and [...]



Don’t Spoil The Book!

By Shen Shi'an under Books | 2 Comments | Tags: evil, perception

I heard a Mother scolding her child for folding across a page of a library book. She said, ‘Don’t spoil the book! You can just fold a little dog ear like so!’ Hmmm… Is a little evil more okay, more permissible? How about using a bookmark? What if more readers fold more dog ears? More [...]



Becoming Horrible

By Shen Shi'an under Comics & Graphic Novels | Your Comment | Tags: three poisons

Having read the first book of ‘American Vampire’ by Scott Synder, Rafael Albuquerque and Stephen King, I thought… The real horror is not being attacked by the horrible, but to have become the horrible, to become horror personified, to be poisoned by the Three Poisons, to become the poisons.



Always A Motive

By Shen Shi'an under Comics & Graphic Novels | Your Comment | Tags: intention, reason, True Happiness

From ‘Batman: Lovers and Madmen’ by Michael Green… Gordon: Damnest thing. Like there’s motive. Batman: There’s always a motive. What makes the Joker particularly dangerous is his unpredictability. Even though Batman is very unpredictable too, Batman is more predictable as he has a code of ethics to abide to, while the Joker is madness itself. Yet, no [...]



The Unsheathed Sword

By Shen Shi'an under Comics & Graphic Novels | Your Comment | Tags: violence

In ‘Saya (Scabbards’) by Stan Sakai (of Usagi Yojimbo), a folk singer is first heard singing, The rain will rust its edge, and the sheen will fade away! The keenest blades are sheathed, and that’s where they should stay. So please, Mr. Samurai, don’t draw your sword today! Miyomoto Usagi encounters a quarrelsome samurai, who insists [...]



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