Ironically, though non-vegetarian non-nature-lovers are less compassionate than non-vegetarian nature-lovers who protect selective animals, they are less discriminative as they don’t bother about all animals in general, other than wanting to eat some of them. Every animal needlessly facing the knife for someone’s meal is an endangered animal, even if there are millions of them [...]

Friend: Maybe he’s watching you and thinking you’re raising the bar. Man: Maybe. With God, you never can tell. Friend: Sure you can. Just tell yourself God’s a good guy. Man: Yah. It can be hard to tell what are godly standards of goodness because some are believed to have strong pride and unforgiving wrath [...]

Why is it that the noblest people are the ones most troubled by conscience? – Lois Lane (‘Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow’ by Alan Moore) This reminds me of how Guanyin Bodhisattva’s body, before he became a full-fledged Bodhisattva, shattered into pieces due to his anguish at not being able to help [...]

~ Why Animal Liberation? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zeph/message/465 ~ Elaboration on Animal Liberation http://moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=609 ~ Proper Animal Liberation http://www.TheDailyEnlightenment.com/life.jpg ~ Prayer for Animal Liberation http://moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=1394 ~ How to Practise Animal Liberation Wisely (DVD) http://www.moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=2231 ~ Must I Refrain from Eating the Kind of Animals I Liberated? http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/03/must-i-refrain-from-eating-the-kind-of-animal-i-liberated

The notion of Buddhas retiring forever after manifesting parinirvana once is ridiculous as they have endless compassion. They are the most hardworking ones; not the laziest ones. Why project our laziness onto the most diligent ones? Maybe the Buddhas manifest their physical passing, not just to urge us to treasure their teachings, but in case [...]

(The first verse is somewhat a haiku!) The most important parts of Iron Man are not made of iron – his heart and mind. With a vulnerable heart, yet full of strong compassion, along with a sharp mind of wit. Related Article: Stark Dharma from ‘Iron Man’ http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,6386,0,0,1,0

Give a fool access to the net, and he searches for nonsense. Give the wise access to the net, and he discovers paths to wisdom. Some use the Internet to enlighten themselves. Some use the Internet to confuse themselves. Some use the Internet to share the truth. Some use the Internet to spam with lies. [...]

Don’t talk about your ‘great wisdom’ if you do not have the slightest compassion for the weakest beings. Don’t talk about your ‘great wisdom’ like it is all that matters, like it is separate from being kind, because compassion is the way of the wise.

When it comes to sharing the Dharma, how do we know what, and how to share, and if what we shared is right? When it comes to sharing the Dharma, share that which is beneficial, with as much compassion as you have, while increasing it. with as much understanding you have, while increasing it. When [...]

Something interesting about some nature-lovers is that they protect certain animals while eating other animals. It’s speciesism, partial compassion. Something interesting about some Earth-lovers is that they protect the environment while eating many animals in it. It’s segregation of fauna from flora. Still, it is better than not loving any flora at all, not loving [...]

为培养慈悲心而吃素即是修行一部分。 吃荤又不培养培养慈悲非修行一部分。 Being a vegetarian to nurture compassion makes it part of Dharma practice. Being a meat-eater while not nurturing compassion is not part of Dharma practice. 单吃素修行不一定好。 修行人吃素一定更好。 Merely being vegetarian does not ensure good Dharma practice. Those who go vegetarian (with right intentions) will improve their Dharma practice. – Stonepeace 石子 This is [...]

I finished reading ”Becoming Enlightened’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins, PhD) a few weeks ago, but had been procrastinating on writing a review. Not because I don’t want but how do you review a master’s work? It probably won’t do it any justice. So, instead of reviewing it, [...]

Form is emptiness; (色即是空) Emptiness is form. (空即是色) Form is not different from emptiness;（色不异空） Emptiness is not different from form.  (空不异色） So says the Heart Sutra, but what do these lines really say? They speak of that which cannot really be put in words, that which is hinted by these words. Read between the lines, [...]

Question: I contributed money for a group gift, but later realised that it wasn’t an animal-friendly gift. Do I create negative karma because of this? Answer: About pooling of money for the hamper, if it wasn’t intentional to neglect asking, it’s okay. It’s just unmindfulness. You just need to be more mindful before agreeing to [...]

Happiness is a kind of look in the eyes, a way of looking at life, a wisdom embodied. Happiness is a kind of smile on the lips, a way of looking after life, a compassion expressed.