Year: 2009

Part 1: Shi’an: To the temple please. Cabbie: Are you a Buddhist? Shi’an: Yes, are you one too? Cabbie: Yes….

Financial planning is not just about amassing as much as possible. but giving as much as possible that which is…

I came across the Kutadanta Sutta (on ‘a bloodless sacrifice’), which records how the Buddha taught about the superior and…

This is a message from Human Society International. It might be belated, but it’s important and we can work towards…

The Four Reliances Do not rely on the individual, but on the Dharma Do not on the words, but on…

From ‘Wonderland’, which is a spin-off story based on ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ by Tommy Kovac and Sonny Liew are…

Here is an analysis of the poll question ‘Would You Marry Someone of Another Religion?’ As of today, the results…

In the whimsical tale of  ‘The Eternal Smile’ by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim, a mercenary frog craves…

From http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=22,8733,0,0,1,0 : The once most famous Buddhist monk in a small country is now its most infamous. Then again,…

Watch the early morning sun Drip like blood from the day See the crazy people run So many games to…

He who, depraved, devoid of truthfulness and self-control, puts on the ochre [monastic] robe, doesn’t deserve the ochre robe. But…

There has been a email circulating for years already. Its subject header reads: ‘Siddharta [sic] Gautama Buddha (First Buddha) [sic]…

An easy way to clean dirty potatoes is to put them in a tub of water, and jiggle them about,…

At what point is technology too much? It seems inevitable that technology will not just be extensions of our bodies…

A Tit for a Tat (64) Tit: Why did you tell the cabbie ‘Great service’? Tat: What do you think…

A Tit for a Tat (63) Tit: What do you think of her? Tat: Oh! She IS a …… person!…

In the ‘Sutra of the Eight Realisations of Great Beings’, this is taught – ‘Wholeheartedly, day and night, disciples of…

What I learnt from the movie ‘The Informant!’, which is a true story, about lying… dramatised of course! (Is it…

Question: How do we discern if a self-improvement program is reliable or not, in line with the Dharma or not?…

A Tit for a Tat (62) Tit: Why didn’t you thank the waitress? Tat: Why should I? Her service was…