Tag: compassion

An extended dialogue: S: Is it possible to use soy milk as one of the auspicious offering items instead of…

Wolverine’s adamantium claws are at times extensions of his heroism, of the fight for justice. But at other times extensions…

In ‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’, Johnny Depp plays a character who says this to a lady in her imaginary…

Maybe we are imperfect, which is why we love the imperfect. [1] Is this a sickness or a virtue? Maybe…

Email subject header: Diabetes Alert? Hi Everyone, Recently, I noticed that there are black ants on the rim of the…

I always wondered what is the moral of the story of ‘The Princess and the Pea’. Does it sing the…

From ‘Grimmer Tales: A Wicked Collection of Happily Never After Stories’ by Erik Bergstrom, is ‘The Ugly Truth’, which I think…

To my aghast, I once heard a monk say that the path of attaining Nirvana is like pushing a button…

There is a tension between learning and expressing, between internalising and ‘externalising’. There is so much to learn, while there…

More than ten years ago, I visited Buddha Kasetra School (佛陀园地: http://www.buddhakasetra.org). Based at Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, Buddha…

Question: Why do some say it is not advisable for the pregnant to visit wakes? Answer: This is probably in…

In the movie ‘(Avatar): The Last Airbender’, one of the baddies shouts to his henchmen who capture him, ‘Do not…

Someone asked if I was more left-brained or right brained. Not that I’m no-brained, but I couldn’t really say. Are…

If we don’t have the karma to be infected by a disease, we will not be? Yes. If you have…

A donkey’s strength renders him trapped, to be a beast of burden, fed and used. (Two of his hooves bound…

We missed watching “The Unwinking Gaze” earlier due to our heavy work schedule. A friend had lent the DVD to…

From His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, ‘Compassion is not a luxury, it is a necessity for human beings to…

Q: Is helping my enemies the right thing to do? A: It is right, provided that it doesn’t harm anyone, and…

I never take the obvious shortcut across the grass. Some might imagine this to be unwise, rigid in using the…

A friend asked for my testimonial of how I become a Buddhist for sharing. Below is a short account… If…