Year: 2009

The Myth of Pointing at the Moon? A strange urban legend(?) of no specific origin has it that if one…

I’ve handled plenty of real guns before, while serving obligatory National Service in the Navy as a gunner cum seaman,…

‘Those whose actions are evil are the ones who will fill the Hell of Great Heat, experiencing therein the fruits…

The TV series ‘Samantha Who’ is about Samantha Newly, who sort of gets ‘newly reborn’ when she recovers from coma…

The initial critical mass needed for creating the actual critical mass is just one person – why not you? –…

The Buddhism of ‘Benjamin Button‘ www.benjaminbutton.com ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ is based on a ‘simple’ premise. How would…

The Wonderful Dharma of the Daruma Doll Hi ni! fu ni! Fundan Daruma ga Akai zukin kaburi sunmaita! Once! twice!…

Advice on tackling a koan: It must be like gulping a hot iron ball that you can neither swallow or…

“I have Dharma joy; therefore, I am always happy.” Venerable Sheng Yen (1930 – 2009) May he be swiftly liberated….

Happy Groundhog Day! By sheer karmic coincidence, I screened ‘Groundhog Day’ today… on Groundhog Day itself – the 2nd of…

A Tit for a Tat (4) Tit: I think opposites like us attract. Tat: I disagree that we’re opposites. Tit:…

A candle is useful as it burns hot* yet burns not** – Stonepeace * wick ** wax

A Tit for a Tat (3) Tit: Do you love me? Tat: Ya. Tit: If you love me, won’t you…

A Tit for a Tat (2) Tit: Are you full now? Tat: Yup… for the time being. Tit: Of course…

Above’s an original design that would look interesting as part of a traditional Chinese door frame? You can read the…

Last week, we visited the Peranakan Museum for the ‘Serenity in Stone : The Qingzhou Discovery’ exhibition. Featured are 800…

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances;…

Are washing machines by default the cleanest machines in the world, given that they are fed detergents regularly? Turned out…

A Tit for a Tat (1) Tit: But I don’t like to be interviewed! Tat: Take it that you are…

Something poignant yet Zennishly detached, about being forced to move office space due to needless reshuffling… Bill: Where is your…