’3 Idiots’ is the most amazing Indian movie I have seen so far. Truly wonderfully moving, funny yet insightful. (It is to date the highest grossing Bollywood film.) In it, a story was related by Rancho, of an old watchman, who goes about a village at night proclaiming his...

I figured that it is alright to no longer subscribe to any local papers, since they are all government controlled. I figured that the important stuff the government wants me to know will be notified to me somehow, even if I don’t buy their stuff. I figured that significant and...

A Tit for a Tat (335) Tat: Why the little left over? Tit: You don’t know how much I already ate! Tat: Why eat so much? Tit: You don’t know how much would be left over! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/10/two-way-management Previous aT4aT:...

A Tit for a Tat (334) Tat: Usually, we think it is hygienic to wash our hands after flushing the loo at home. Tit: Of course! Tat: It is actually more hygienic to wash our hands just after using the loo, just before flushing it. Tit: Why? Tat: If not, the flushing apparatus will be very...

Some lament of not finding a dream partner, of not getting the one one wants now. Some lament of losing a dream partner, of not having ‘the one’ any more. Which is worse? Not getting what you want now, or losing what you get later? Is it worth it? Getting heavenly marital bliss...

Woody Allen said this - To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one...

Saw this story online. I shortened it to its essentials: A tortoise family decided to go on a picnic. Being slow, they took two years to find an ideal spot. Then, they realised they forgot the salt. After a long discussion, the fastest tortoise was chosen to get it from home. He agreed to go...

Question: If farmed animals are not bred in farms and wild animals are not caged in zoos, will they be roaming about on Earth? If farmed animals are bred with much humanity, say almost equivalent to rearing pets, will it be deemed fit to eat them eventually? Answer: The truth is that wild...

Question: On the article ‘The Cabbage & the Cow’ at http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2011/09/the-cabbage-the-cow , I think we should simply be grateful to have food to eat, be it a cabbage or a cow. It’s easy to condemn meat-eaters and conveniently forget that...

Personally speaking, I have learnt not to trust my intuition from experience – because gut feelings are often just irrational feelings not aligned to reality. Knowing this keeps me more open than conclusive when uncertain, less judgmental, more open to learning. If our intuition is so...

Here is the original Hippocratic Oath taken by ancient Greek doctors, from which modern versions of doctors’ moral conduct is derived: I swear by Apollo, the healer, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my...

She immersed in Dharma research work, and used it to avoid human contact, even with those whom she should help. Her excuse was that she was too busy with Dharma work, as if Dharma theory mattered more than Dharma practice, as if many lifeless words of wisdom mattered more than a deed of...

Unfortunately, due to unskilfulness in reconciling or separating the two, increase in worldly proximity between Dharma friends, including teachers and students, sometimes leads to spiritual distancing. Sometimes, there is disappointment, that someone is less inspiring or more unenlightened...

I saw someone wearing this t-shirt. It’s meant to be a ‘fun’ way of re-interpreting what ‘fast food’ is, but what it implies isn’t fun for the prey at all. It’s the harsh law of the jungle. It should also remind animal-eaters that the ‘fast...

Q: What is the Buddhist basis of trust? A: The truth is, despite mustering the best of our wisdom, but because we can’t read minds, it is always a gamble to some extent when we choose to trust another unenlightened being. As such, we have to be prepared to be tricked in the first...

We don’t need meat for our health, while animals need THEIR meat for THEIR health.

Read the two below stories online… Following them are my comments… What is Love?  One day, Plato asked his teacher, “What is love? How can I find it?” His teacher answered, “There is a vast wheat field in front. Walk forward without turning back, and pick...

Some friends comment that some relics (sairira) of great Buddhist masters look quite ordinary, in the sense that they can’t even tell for sure if they can be considered holy relics. The truth is, it is indeed not easy to verify if some remains are truly of unique significance. However,...

Honour (loyalty) is honoured even amongst organised criminals, especially amongst them, for them to be truly organised! But for them to get ahead, they must be unhonourable to other non-criminals, their victims, and possibly other criminals too. Can criminals be as honourable to criminals as...

Some choose to believe they are stuck, in existential dilemmas, unable to move in any direction. Some choose to believe they can be free, from existential dilemmas, able to move in some direction. Truth is, you will never know if you are really stuck if you do not do your best to be free. The...