Sam & Sara #397: Guarantee Sam: Look! There is lifetime guarantee for this product! Sara: So? Sam: Huh? Sara: It doesn’t guarantee that you will use if for your lifetime… Sam: … or that the company offering it will last my lifetime! The only guarantee in this changing...

Super Short Story (198): Kid Part 1: It was terrible… the passing of his kid… Suddenly, he woke up. It was just a dream. He doesn’t have a kid in real life. Part 2: It was terrible… the passing of her kid… Suddenly, she woke up. It was just a dream. Her kid in...

We are born empty-handed come, and we die empty-handed. Yet, most of us are born with clenched fists, and some die with them too. Perhaps this symbolises clinging from life to life, our futile grasping at slipping...

Super Short Story (112): Restaurant While eating at an average restaurant, it struck him that some restaurants probably can’t make it big because they are inconsistent in their cooking standards, which is also why their customer base is inconsistent too, making their income and growth...

He doesn’t even want his loved ones to know he is dying of a rare terminal illness, but he forgot that his loved ones are also dying of a common terminal disease called ‘life’, which can equally prove fatal suddenly, that it is perhaps better for all to be reminded to...

Question: A shelf above my desk gave way and broke my Bodhisattva image. Can I glue the pieces and continue to pay respect? Answer: I think this is a very powerful reminder of how life can be very unpredictable, and how we should treasure the moment without attachment. Yes, of course you can...

Sam & Sara #363 Sam: The movie’s plot twist was so predictable! Sara: Was it? I thought it was very unpredictable. Sam: Exactly! Predictably unpredictable – the least suspicious one is usually the guilty one these days! Due to the law of impermanence, when something reaches...

多年以前有一位朋友到楚布寺去覲見剛剛坐床的大寶法王。 不知道是怎樣的因緣，他突然問了小法王一句： “我可以抱你嗎？” 只有七歲的小法王靜靜地回答：“你可以抱住天空嗎？”...

There is this part in ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ that mentions Buddhism. Morrie: Everybody knows they’re going to die, but nobody believes it.  If we did, we would do things differently.” Mitch: So we kid ourselves about death. Morrie: Yes. But there’s a better...

Parts of this song is fantastic, almost Buddhistic… 寂寞寂寞就好 (田馥甄 Hebe) I’ll Be Better After I’m Lonely For A While (Rough Translation) 不算什麼  爱错就爱错 早点认错  早一点解脱 Translation: This is nothing much, to love wrongly is just to love...

A Tit for a Tat (314) Tit: So, is he okay now? Tat: Well, seems okay for now. Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/06/not-wasted Previous aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/06/zen-fart About aT4aT:...

If the lotus symbolises spiritual purity, as it blossoms despite roots in mud (which represents defilements), does the offering of lotus flowers represent purity at shrines? But the offering of flowers traditionally represents impermanence (of our bodies), as they swiftly wither away despite...

A Tit for a Tat (97) Tit: How’s your sore throat? Tat: It’s better but am not sure if it’s permanent. Tit: As if you will never get a sore throat again in your life! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/bizarre-baby-love Previous aT4aT:...

A 72 year old man led us through the pages of history by telling of a majestic empire that once occupied the great Ajgar Fort. A palace that used to house three main queens and thousands of concubines. Now, the fort is bare and naked of looted gems, which used to decorate its walls. A sense...

Taj Mahal tells of a very sad love story. It’s sad not because two who were deeply in love were separated by death, but because of the great attachment it embodies. The Mongol king spent 17 long years, much wealth and labour to build this extravagant monument to fill the voidness of his...

En route to the first Buddhist holy place of worship, we dropped by the famed Taj Mahal. The brief of it all is that it’s a huge mausoleum built by a king to commemorate his lover upon her passing. But before you conjure a romantic vision of it, the truth is, it is largely an empty...

The battery in the clock runs flat before you know it, before you are prepared for it, before you learn not to take it for granted. This life too, that you have, might run out before you know it, before you are prepared for it, before you learn not to take it for granted. Like a clock...

A Tit for a Tat (7) Tit: (Closing windows) Woah! What strong winds tonight! (Opening windows a few minutes later) Stuffy! The winds stopped as suddenly as they started. What kind of weather is this? Tat: It’s rather normal weather… Tit: Huh? Tat: … that’s fickle and...

Leaving Kong Meng San monastery in the evening, I happened to turn around and saw a rainbow arching towards the Bell Tower. (At least, it seemed so.) I felt compelled to whip out my phone to snap it… and so I did. Then as I walked on, I wondered… What now? So what? What do I do...

The Case of the Acccidental Cloud Meditation Other than the truth that you can realise this truth the clouds have the same nature* as you. - Stonepeace *Same nature of being impermanent and non-self With ample time to kill after finishing his tedious homework, Zeph heaved a deep sigh of...