Month: December 2011

A good student is always learning. A good teacher is always learning too, more in fact, to keep ahead of…

An ironical problem with Buddhist academia is that it often assumes study of limited ‘facts’ as the path to objectivity,…

K:My Dad struck lottery today but didn’t look happy. He said, it’s only a consolation prize. S: So the consolation prize…

四依 依法不依人， 依义不依语， 依了义不依不了义， 依智不依识。 Four Reliances Rely on the Dharma; rely not on persons. Rely on the meaning; rely…

Question: Some friends said Buddhists should refrain from playing badminton as shuttlecocks are made from bird feathers. What is your…

Morality is not a matter of whether one can do this or not, as based on others’ suggestions, but whether…

That criticised is usually… close enough to be worth criticising, but distant enough to be safe criticising. And beyond mere…

More than two years after the first sighting, another ‘Be a Lamp Upon Yourself’ reader on the subway. (The lady…

No one really wants to be greedy, hateful or deluded. Those who are simply do not realise that being so…

Struck me that Elmo is the opposite of Emo! Emo: One who has negative emotions often. Elmo: One who has…

I had requested feedback from a recently completed class: http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2011/07/understanding-amituofo-via-the-amitabha-sutra-8th-run This is a part of what I received, a nice commemorative Amituofo coin…

It is difficult to find a song that expresses your current thinking and feelings exactly, that is the song in…

Does how fickle you are in changing your favourite love song reflect how fickle you are about love itself?

The Paradox of Strife: Sometimes, when you push yourself, you will breakthrough. How do you know you can outdo yourself…

An acquaintance P sent me this: ‘I saw J today. He looks so frail and weak and I think his…

The Group Vs Sole Survivor Paradox: Players are expected to be loyal to their teams, while expected to betray individuals,…

A paradox of horror flicks: The victims are also the hero(ines), who despite being very afraid, are also very brave….

Last night, at NUS Buddhist Society’s camp at Cheng Beng Buddhist Society, I conducted the most detailed Groundhog Day Dharma@Cinema…

She kept saying she didn’t get the joke. But there was no joke in the first place – which is…

A paradoxical thought came to mind – ‘My instincts frequently tell me not to always trust my instincts.’ So… do…