Year: 2009

Looking at Looking over Looking after (Guanyin Bodhisattva image at Kong Meng San)

Walking near Stirling Road, strange blue lights on a long and incredibly zig-zag walkway in the dark caught my eye….

Here is an ‘index’ of the articles shared via the Pureland Practice Fellowship’s mailing list so far (as on 9…

< click to enlarge DHARMA@CINEMA : Relive ‘Groundhog Day’ Today! Movie Screening and Sharing by Shen Shi’an Though ‘Groundhog Day’…

DHARMA@CINEMA : I Heart Huckabees! Movie Screening with Sharing by Shen Shi’an Don’t miss this quirky yet intriguing comedy led…

Walking past a specialised funeral accessory shop, Zig jokingly asked Zag to choose a paper shirt design for his funeral….

Infinity within finity Infinite layers of sky Infinite shades of blue Related Articles: Limited But Unlimited http://www.moonpointer.com/index1.php?itemid=1784 Everything Finite Tells…

Words on a Dharma text like fingers pointing at the moon of Truth. Fingers on a Dharma text like fingers…

Photo: A Sri Lankan-styled Buddha image atop an office cubicle Settled but upright Silent but mindful Still but radiant

In the ‘Watchmen’ graphic novel and movie, is an intriguing vigilante character called Rorschach. Yes, you guessed it – his…

The 17th Karmapa’s Kagyu office produced an impressive booklet called ‘Guidelines for Mitigating Climate Change’. I received it via email…

Gee: You’re too skinny! Let me transfer some fat to you! (Reverse liposuction!!?) Cee: Nooo! Thank goodness only merits can…

Some eat to live, some live to eat, but you can eat towards enlightenment! Disclaimer: The diet described here has not yet…

Here is an analysis of the poll question ‘Do you believe you have a soulmate?’ As of today, the results…

Fai: My casual observation: both ‘practice’ and ‘studies’ seems to work well as means for ego inflation. I have met…

In the movie ‘Suspect X’, a brilliant mathematician plans an elaborate scheme that involves murder to help his love interest get…

Understanding Amituofo via the Amitabha Sutra We often hear Buddhists greet each other with ‘Amituofo’ and aspiring to be reborn…

A Dharma friend recounted the first time she stepped into a Chinese Buddhist temple out of interest to learn chanting….

Above: [Stele with a Buddha & two Bodhisattvas, Eastern Wei (534–50 CE), Limestone, overall height 310 cm, Collection of the…

Something simple happened a couple of days ago, that upon hindsight, seems more significant than not. I was seated at…