Year: 2009

12
May
2009

Do You Win When You Lose?

In ‘Timbuktu’ by Paul Auster (illustrated by Julia Goschke for an abridged graphic novel), the author explores human homelessness via…

11
May
2009

‘My’ Countless Cars

Friend: I read your recent article about ’small & big cars’ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thedailyenlightenment-realisation/message/358). Sometimes its ‘difficult’ to practise the Dharma. For example,…

10
May
2009

Review of ‘Gratitude to Earth & Earthlings’

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08
May
2009

How About TDE Book 4?

Snail-mailed slightly more than 100 copies of ‘The Daily Enlightenment 3: Reflections for Practising Buddhists’ so far – to generous…

07
May
2009

Gratitude to Earth & Earthlings

Related Article: https://moonpointer.com/new/2009/05/gratitude-to-earth-earthlings

06
May
2009

Whose Rogue Behaviour?

[It’s weird when you discover you’re ‘supposed’ to be Cambodian monk when you are not. What would you do? This…

06
May
2009

Open Heart & Hand, Pure Intention & Action

Sent this to a remarkable friend who is unrelentingly involved in charity work for the greater good, to the extent…

05
May
2009

Gratitude to Earth & Earthlings

Hi Moonpointer friends, I’ll be there almost throughout the whole exhibition. If you come by, say hi! Amituofo

05
May
2009

Wolverine’s Bestial & Buddha Natures

As featured in ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’, through of human birth as brothers, Wolverine and Sabretooth were mutants with opposite inclinations….

04
May
2009

Brace Yourself for Samsara

Whenever I got bumped into by unmindful and unapologetic pedestrians in the past, the natural tendency was to give rise…

03
May
2009

Wondering About ‘Buddha’?

A friend asked me a couple of interesting questions. I thought I would share them with their answers here –…

02
May
2009

The Self-defeating Quest for Self

It is partly due to the ‘endless’ clinging to self-delusion, to constant wondering about the nature of the ‘self’, which…

01
May
2009

Special Launch of TDE Book 3

Here is more about the book and how you get it: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheDailyEnlightenment/message/660 Get it while stocks last! The Daily Enlightenment…

30
Apr
2009

The Daily Enlightenment Book 3

Just out of the printing house is ‘The Daily Enlightenment 3’. Look out for news of its launch in TDE…

30
Apr
2009

Penelope’s Piggy Plight

Shortly before the screening of ‘Handsome Suit’ this year was ‘Penelope’ last year – another real gem of a movie…

28
Apr
2009

The Woodsman Vs the Big Bad Wolf

This amazing movie is just 83 minutes long, but is nothing short of incredible. It is one of the few…

27
Apr
2009

Who Are the Pig-headed Ones?

To date, Swine Flu has killed over 80 in Mexico, while there are at least 20 confirmed cases in US…

27
Apr
2009

Heartland ‘Attacked’ by Angels & Demons

The above billboard gives a hint of the heavy marketing for ‘Angels & Demons’, the prequel of ‘The DaVinci Code’…

27
Apr
2009

Lucid Living While Lucid Dreaming

In the plot of the movie ‘Ploy’, the characters seem to live their interconnected dreams as alternate but believable realities,…

26
Apr
2009

Waiting for Aliens to Save Us?

Yesterday, I took a brisk walk through the Vesak @ Orchard food fair. To my great disappointment, the organisation was…