Year: 2009

04
Jun
2009

Borobudur Adventure (2) : Once Forgotten Treasure

I stood afar gazing at the world’s largest Buddhist stupa (of many other stupas) ever built. A monument that was…

03
Jun
2009

For Their Own Reasons

A student asked a Vegetarian Society friend, ‘If animals are not here to be eaten, what are they here for?’ I…

03
Jun
2009

Blessed are the Merciful

I was at a inter-religious gathering. To my surprise, there were meat dishes served at the buffet dinner, though there…

03
Jun
2009

When is Judgment Day?

I was chatting with someone from another faith, who asked about the Buddhist perspective of the end of the world…

29
May
2009

Borobodur Adventure (1)

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29
May
2009

How Clean is Meat?

A colleague was urging another colleague to give up pork by claiming that pigs eat everything and anything, including their…

29
May
2009

We are Works in Progress

If there is an almighty perfect creator, the universe would be a perfect work of art. If the universe is…

26
May
2009

Belated Mother’s Day Tributes

Guanyin to Me My Mother is Guanyin to me because she prays to Guanyin for me. She isn’t really aspiring…

26
May
2009

Same Love Different Expressions

During a Dharma discussion at Awareness Place (after screening of ‘The Woodsman’), a participant remarked about how difficult is was…

25
May
2009

When A Sacrifice Isn’t One

In ‘Cairo’ by G. Willow Wilson & M.K. Perker: Asaad: How much is too much to sacrifice? For someone you…

25
May
2009

Purge ‘Em All!

If taking a leak, to purge our physical wastes is so much a relief… What a greater relief it would…

24
May
2009

Infinite Secret Gaps

Batman, as a comic book character, was created in 1939. That makes 2009 the 70th anniversary of his creation! It’s…

24
May
2009

Working Towards Perfection of Generosity

Something written for an interreligious publication… A Buddhist charity was giving out aids to the needy in terms of cash…

20
May
2009

Buddha Up Buddha Down

I helped to move a huge framed Buddha picture by a friend’s van. While placing it in the back of…

20
May
2009

From a Big Bad Wolf to ‘The Woodsman’

Walter, an ex-convict charged for pedophilia, experiences apprehensive uncertainty as he re-enters the society 12 years later. He is seemingly…

16
May
2009

What is Enough?

If you never know what is enough, you will never have enough. – Stonepeace  Look out for Stonepeace quotes on…

15
May
2009

What a Relief!

What a relief… that there is… no ‘one’ to be relieved.

13
May
2009

Naked ‘R Us

Naked we come Naked we are Naked we go We come empty of possessions. Stripped even of ‘self’. Even our…

13
May
2009

Poll Analysis: Should Rats that Wreck Havoc in a Marketplace be Culled?

Here is an analysis of the poll question ‘Should Rats that Wreck Havoc in a Marketplace be Culled?’ As of today, the…

12
May
2009

A Magical Story about Caring for the Earth

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