Visited St. Patrick’s School again, a couple of days ago, to give a presentation on the Buddhist perspective of life and death. Instead of using the usual lecture theatre, the school hall was used instead – as there were 130 Catholic boys this time. Above is a picture of a...

A line from ‘Flash Forward’ session two goes – ‘It’s not fate versus free will; it’s fate and free will.’ Someone asked me if the protagonists can’t really change anything. I replied that of course they can. If not, what kind of am engaging TV...

Q: If a friend owes me money but says she is not able to pay me back because of financial difficulties, which seems to be true, will she create negative karma, if I have decided not to pursue the matter? S: Here are some questions to think over: [A] Did you give any time limit – that...

A Tit for a Tat (112) Tit: Yikes! This fruit is too sour for me! Tat: It’s just nice for me! Tit: Your good karma is my bad karma! Tat: Nay! My karma is mine. Your karma is yours! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2010/03/why-look-at-the-time Previous aT4aT:...

From ‘This is a Bad Time’ by Bruce Eric Kaplan: But why do we choose to be attached to the idea that we are really our poor ‘selves’, since we do change and can change at will? What’s terrifying about negative karma is its compounding effects if left...

A Tit for a Tat (101) Tit: Are you afraid to kill cockroaches because it creates bad karma? Tat: I don’t kill them because they are afraid to die like us. Tit: If all are like you, wouldn’t the world be overrun by cockroaches? Tat: Firstly, not all are like me. Secondly, if we are...

Lawrence: [Seeing gun and bullets] I didn’t know you hunted monsters. Singh: Sometimes monsters hunt you. ‘The Wolfman’, like all good monster movies, be they remakes or not, remains a cautionary tale. If we take the wolf half of a wolfman (aka. werewolf) to represent the...

> I’m a partner in a sole-propriteor business.We were ask to provide quotation for some electrical repair work in Sentosa Sand. We have not done any work yet,anyway we may be a bit small in term of business size to get the work. My question is, from a buddhist point of view, is it...

Recently, there is a ‘method’ out there in the market, that claims to use Buddhist principles for recollection of past lives for healing purposes. Below are points of consideration about this method. (Yes, there is money involved in learning the method.) Please send this link to...

Warning: This is a proper vampire movie, where vampires adhere to the classic rules. E.g. they do not glitter with fairy dust in the sun without bursting into flames during non-twilight hours! (To avoid confusion in monster lore, Twilight’s ‘vampires’ shouldn’t be...

Q: Whenever I face any challenges at work, I’ll tell myself I’m ‘paying’ for my past negative karma. If we have karma to face at work, does leaving the job change the karma, or only delay it from ripening? How do we know we have exhausted ‘that’ karma? A:...

As I missed the movie ‘Accident’ accidentally when it was screening, I purposely (i.e. ‘not accidentally’) made a point to catch it on a flight. The story tells of a gang which makes money from planning ‘accidents’ to kill those targeted by their clients,...

The epic movie ‘Avatar’ is a must-see – for every generation, every kid and adult. Its dramatic and educational messages are direct and simple, but portrayed in probably the most powerful and inspiring manner to date on the silver screen. In the future, after fully milking...

Question: In Chinese horoscope, the next year is that of the tiger. Some say it’s not a ‘good’ animal. How would you respond to those who discourage having a tiger baby? Answer: Is it so that tigers are all not ‘good’? I have at least two good tiger friends. Just...

Being confident tricksters used to outsmarting others, ‘Julia’ and ‘Clive’ in the movie ‘Duplicity’ thought they had the upperhand this time as well, in their elaborate collaborated scheme. So much so, that we the audience are led to think they do have the...

A Tit for a Tat (68) Tit: Do I owe him a debt of negative karma, to have to tolerate such nonsense? Tat: Well, you owe it to yourself to suffer with your lack of tolerance! Next aT4aT: http://moonpointer.com/new/2009/12/mental-block Previous aT4aT:...

A Tit for a Tat (65) Tit: You know what’s karma? Tat: What? Tit: Someone punched me. Tat: And? Tit: I punched him back! That’s his ‘karma’ for punching me! Tat: Ooo… kay… but… it was your karma to be punched too… Tit: And? Tat: And you created...

Live a good honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time. - H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama Live a good honourable life. Then when you get to your future life, you’ll be able to enjoy it a third...

Beware of one, who is slow to apologise, for one might believe in pride, that under the power of Mara, more than in karma, that aligned with goodness and truth. With less faith in moral consequences (karma), there is less ground for shamefulness and repentance, there is less ground for virtue...

Part 1: Shi’an: To the temple please. Cabbie: Are you a Buddhist? Shi’an: Yes, are you one too? Cabbie: Yes. Have you been learning the Dharma long? Shi’an: I don’t know how long is considered long, but as long as I’m not yet a Buddha, it’s not long...