Month: March 2012

Gil tells Adriana in ‘Midnight in Paris’, when they travelled back in time to an era of Paris (Belle Epoque)…

Do all roads lead to Rome? If they do, any road will do? Some roads lead in circles. Some roads…

Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford says in the movie, ‘Anonymous’ – ‘All art is political, Jonson. Otherwise,…

Those attached to living well, who have aversion to death, might forget that death is always eventual, that death can…

The movie ‘The Fox and the Child’ is an amazing unconventionally scenic story on how a young girl encounters a…

This is the best Facebook joke I came across in a while – in Facebook. If you don’t get it,…

A Buddhist friend (Er… who could be reading this… but here it goes…) posted a photo of a grilled animal…

The above is a 1995 photo by a school senior. This was how the library of Singapore Polytechnic Buddhist Society…

There was a retreat in a Buddhist centre recently, which concluded, so I’ve heard, with a ‘pizza train’ celebration –…

A friend remarked, ‘It is depressing to know that many suffer from depression.’ This is surely nothing to joyous over,…

A good actor can act as a bad actor, to the extent that you believe that (1) he or she is…

The below are common questions that some Dharma students might have, based on hypothetical scenarios: Q: What if a family member…

A: Someone wants to meet me. B: For what purpose? A: The purpose is not clear. B: There is no…

Note: In case any reader is in the category of (1) and/or (2) below, please note that this article does not…

If one had created a misunderstanding with inappropriate words, one should just clarify with appropriate words. (Sometimes, no other action…

What do you do if you have a horrible boss who is making life hell for you, while you need…

From ‘The Straits Times’, ‘In TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), the heart is believed to control the mind and hence all…

A good journalist is supposed to just record and report an event, and not be part of the action?  But…

Heard of a Dharma student thinking of giving up attending one of his teachers’ classes due to embarrassment over some…

When things get routine, we wish for the non-routine. When things get routinely non-routine, we wish for the routine. A…