A friend once asked me
to never forget her,
to remember to ’save’ her,
to lead her to Pure Land,
should I reach there first.
I didn’t promise her
because me being mindful of her
cannot bring her to Pure Land,
while it is her mindfulness of Amituofo [Amitabha Buddha]
that can lead her to Pure Land.
Amituofo is already her best friend,
instead of me,
whether [...]

‘The Serpent and the Rainbow’, which is supposedly based on a true story (By Wade Davis) tells of a terrifying Haitian semi-scientific and semi-voodoo drug, that can induce a fake death syndrome, where the ‘deceased’ is seen to be thoroughly dead medically, who is not so at all. One might then be buried alive, but [...]

(Picture: A Buddhist making lamp offerings at a Tibetan temple near Mayadevi Temple)
May we always be mindful of Amita Buddha.
May we always aspire to swiftly become Buddhas.
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That there is only one truth
does not mean that
all so-called ‘truths’ are one.
- Stonepeace

Recently, I met a holistic healer, who claimed to be very open-minded. His intentions seem good, though the way he carried himself could do better to benefit more. After asking a few questions about the methods he uses for helping a friend, [...]

Yah: I’m apolitical.
Jat: More like apathetic.
Yah: Apathetic to politics… yes!
Jat: How so?
Yah: Because politics has too many shades of grey. So I would rather spend time on something more real, like studying the Pureland sutras.
Jat: And Pureland is more real than our world?
Yah: A world without the complexity of three poisons (greed, hate, delusion) at [...]

Question: A friend’s son lately found it difficult to focus and could not study at all. He had applied leave of absence from school. But, currently he is preparing for a special exam required for studying the subject of choice later.  At times, he is quite frustrated, tense and irritable.  He sleeps in the wee [...]

In long drawn drama serials, it is rare that there are no sudden misfortunes via traffic accidents or great illnesses among some key characters. Sounds cliched? But in the long drawn drama of real life, such stuff do often happen. Sometimes, just because it’s on reel, we forget it can be real too. [Crash is [...]

An SMS-email dialogue…
C: I having bad headache from an infection, but I dreamt of of you last night. How are you doing?
S: I’m okay. What happened in the dream?
C: I dreamt you beat me.
S: Huh? I have never got into any fist fight since young… got no history of violence. (See http://moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=1388)
C: I can’t even [...]

Recently, we visited a friend’s house, and noticed that he bought a new TV. Teasing him, I said that from a guy who used to have no TV, he now has a big and branded one. Sheepishly, he smiled and replied that since he’s not net-savvy, it’s his window to connect to the world.
At first, [...]

Last evening was the second time I watched ‘A Full Bright Moon’ (Yilun Mingyue) – as the opening film of T.H.I.S Buddhist Film Festival (www.thisfilmfest.com), which tells the biography of the great Venerable Hongyi. I had already seen the video version of it, but I wanted to see it on the big screen – because [...]