The more I look around,
the more ‘mantras’ I see in everyday life.
Here’s a haunting one…
‘Mmm mmm mmm mmm’
A ‘mantra’ on doubt, puzzlement, wonderment… ?
‘Mmm mmm mmm mmm’
Now this will get you nowhere near enlightenment
unless it prompts you to really uncover the truth,
about what you’re mulling over.
What is the song about?
I didn’t quite get it… till [...]

In the movie ‘Murderer’, the protagonist model detective suffers from lapses in memory (due to an injury and another reason I won’t reveal in case it’s an unforgivable spoiler for you). This is while he investigates for clues on the identity of a serial killer at large. To his aghast, all the clues he uncovers [...]

In Mahavaipulya-mahasanni-pata Sutra, a verse says:
In the Dharma Ending Age [which we're about 10% into now],
when 100 million [times] of 100 million people practise the Dharma,
it is rare that one will realise the way [at least Arahatship];
Only depending on mindfulness of Buddha [a Pureland practice],
is there be liberation from life and death.
《大集經》
末法亿亿人修行, 罕一得道; 唯依念佛, [...]

If someone gossips to you,
there’s no need to respond enthusiastically.
If someone else gossips to you,
there’s no need to respond enthusiastically.
If the two gossip about you,
there’s no need to respond enthusiastically.
The gossiping will stop
because there’s no kick
in gossiping to you,
in gossiping about you.
Those who engage in less idle speech usually have less like-minded friends (at first). [...]

We believe what we want to believe.
Be careful!
What we believe might be believed into ‘reality’
like a self-fulfilling prophesy,
though it wasn’t really true.
We disbelieve what we want to disbelieve.
Be careful!
What we disbelieve might be disbelieved into ‘non-reality’
like a self-fulfilling prophesy,
though it was really true.
‘Doubt’ is a disturbing but thought-provoking story on the the tensions of certainty [...]

What’s the Meaning of Life?
Once upon a time, there was a very small boy called Zeph, who wondered much about the very large world he lived in. After his first day at a new school (which he didn’t like), being surrounded by strangers in a strange land, it struck him that life could be pretty [...]

If we do not try,
we will not know.
-Ayya Khema (Be An Island)
Is there Nirvana or not?
Can it be realised or not?
No point speculating.
No point doubting.
As it is worthy, just advance towards it.
The more you advance towards it,
the more will you know if it is real or not,
the more will you know if it can be [...]