From ‘Batman: Lovers and Madmen’ by Michael Green… Gordon: Damnest thing. Like there’s motive. Batman: There’s always a motive. What makes the Joker particularly dangerous is his unpredictability. Even though Batman is very unpredictable too, Batman is more...

I wrote the below for friends who are in contact with someone, who happened to be the doctor who treated two well-known Buddhist masters just before their passing. This doctor was diagnosed with a terminal illness recently, and is having some guilt over the above…. For the doctor who...

I helped to move a huge framed Buddha picture by a friend’s van. While placing it in the back of the van, I laid it face down. My friend remarked that it might be disrespectful – as the downward direction denotes lowliness. I replied that I placed it that way to protect the...

Sent this to a remarkable friend who is unrelentingly involved in charity work for the greater good, to the extent that his good example puts me to shame at times: ‘Serve not any particular person only [not even your 'boss' or 'client', lest you feel let down by him or her], but as many as...

Q: If a child makes a mistake out of ignorance or delusion, that he is not aware of as wrong in the first place, the child will suffer from negative karma to a lesser degree, right? A: Whether driven by ignorance/delusion or not, the intensity of (un)wholesome karma created is determined by...