Drewscape’s short story in ‘Monsters, Miracles, Mayonnaise’. Reminds me of how, as much as we are anonymous to one another, we are interdependent too. Mr (Lock)Smith seems to somewhat paradoxically understand while overlooking this when he felt smug about his role in the...

Interesting dialogues from the movie ‘Verbo’: Sara: Our history teacher told us something. A big mess in the Church a long time ago. He said there was this debate about the digestive process and holy wafer. Stercorism or something like that. One side said the wafer stopped being...

There is no rainbow without rain. There is no rainbow without sun. - Stonepeace There is no rainbow without sight? There is no rainbow without...

No One Is An Island: The Buddha’s Wonderful Advice on Interdependence Buddhism doesn’t just talk about ‘emptiness’. Interdependence forms the core of the Buddha’s teachings too. It is the reality of how all people, the environment and even other sentient...

The universe is so complex, that for there to be a single creator, ‘he’ has to be super complex. But to explain the origin of the complex with someone super complex and unseen doesn’t explain anything. What arrived at is a super complex problem of how the super complex...

In this body, the earth element, flesh and bones… the water element, blood and saliva… the fire element, thirty-seven degrees… the wind element, breath… Coming out of this body, the earth element, hair and sh*t… the water element, sweat and tears… the fire...

From Itivuttaka 4.8:  This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: “Monks, brahmans & householders are very helpful to you, as they provide you with the requisites of robes, alms food, lodgings, & medical requisites for the sick. And you, monks,...

A message written for Singapore Buddhist Free Clinic’s magazine: There is a famous medical analogy in Buddhism used to describe the Triple Gem. The Buddha, with his perfect compassion and wisdom, is likened to a great doctor, who dispenses the pure medicine that is the precious...

In the movie ‘The Cave’, a parasite takes upon host humans, gradually taking over their bodies and minds entirely. A team of deep cave divers realise their leader was infected by this parasite, when they got trapped in a deep underwater cave. It made me wonder whether I’m...

The HP printer at home starts printing pictures mysteriously, from apparently ‘nowhere’. How does it do that? Via my iPhone’s iPrint app with Bluetooth. There is invisible but still present cause and effect at play. Nothing arises from nothing. This is a after all universe...

Due to the law of interdependence, everything is hyperlinked to everything else… which is hyperlinked to everything else, even if you don’t see the links. It’s not just the web of life, but of death and re-becoming...

Which came first? The chicken or the egg? But the chicken is in the egg, But the egg is in the chicken. Without the chicken, there is no egg. Without the egg, there is no chicken. The chicken and egg are interdependent. The chicken and egg are not independent. Everything arises from many...

‘The Blind Side’ tells the touching true story of how the once underprivileged and racially discriminated Michael Oher became a successful football player by proving his worth in various aspects of life – beyond just the sport. What is the blind side? It refers to that...

On some days, I discover small snacks or Buddhist mementos on my work desk. And I would know that some colleague(s) have gone on a trip somewhere, and returned with some souvenirs to share, putting these little treats on the desks of all colleagues the day before – on my day off. And I...

In ‘Re-gifters’,  a girl who has a crush on a guy buys him a special present. However, he doesn’t appreciates it, and re-gifts it to another girl of his interest instead. When the first girl discovered this, she became outraged and ‘declares war’ on him –...

Because ‘I’ am part of this world, Because ‘I’ am interconnected with this world, Because ‘I’ am seamless with this world, ‘I’ am an illusion in the world. Notes: (On CPR Picture) Where do ‘you’ begin? Without the world,...

The only dialogues I found interesting in ‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist’ are as below. I wished there was an infinite number of them. Norah: … reminds me of this part of Judaism that I really like. It’s called Tikkun olam. It says that the world’s...