Year: 2010

17
Sep
2010

Buddhist View of Violence

Someone attending an interfaith event on violence emailed to as about the Buddhist perspective of the subject. This was my…

17
Sep
2010

Not What It Seems… Inside

From Wikipedia: ‘Thundereggs are rough spheres, most about the size of a baseball – though they can range from less…

16
Sep
2010

The Happy Buddhist Card

While chatting with friends on the ‘Agree to Disagree: Conversations on Conversion’ project (http://conversion.buddhists.sg) much earlier, I suggested doing something…

16
Sep
2010

India Adventures (14): Why the Long List?

I make a long list of stuff to bring to India, before I departed. Don’t forget the toothbrush, the torch…

14
Sep
2010

Is Pureland Formless or Mind-Only?

There is some confusion recently as to whether Pureland is only in the mind. The below will clarify this, and…

04
Sep
2010

India Adventures (13) Death is… Rebirth

Death as release from suffering, as being for the better, is not always true. Death as entry into hell, as…

04
Sep
2010

Moonpointer @ Twitter

Get Moonpointer tweets @ http://twitter.com/moonpointer

03
Sep
2010

Good, Beta, Best

iPhone 4 has an antenna problem. iPhone 5 should be improved in that aspect. But will it have a new…

03
Sep
2010

Pink Elephant Now

A Tit for a Tat (164) Tit: Right now, there is a pink elephant in the room! Tat: … Tit:…

02
Sep
2010

Liar’s Paradox

A Tit for a Tat (163) Tit: Look! Says here – ‘This sentence is false’. Tat: That’s meaningless! Tit: Why?…

02
Sep
2010

A Living Without Killing?

Q: Does a meat-seller (not a butcher), say a chicken rice hawker break the First Precept of not killing? He…

02
Sep
2010

Not a Reason to Abort

Q: Abortion is against the First Precept of not killing. But due to great advance in medical science, doctors are…

02
Sep
2010

Dissuading Against Shark-fin Consumption

There was a discussion with friends from Vegetarian Society over coverage of boycotting shark-fin soup for wedding dinners in the…

02
Sep
2010

Harder to Forget

A Tit for a Tat (162) Tit: He just told me to remind him to do that. But it’s forgetful him…

02
Sep
2010

Transformation by Power of Goodness

Y: I need to minimise my contact with him… to save my sanity, preserve myself, to prevent good vibes from…

25
Aug
2010

Everything has Its Consequences

Something learnt from ‘American Pie: The Naked Mile’ is that there is no such thing as a guilt-free trip without…

25
Aug
2010

Three Levels of Recycling

For odd-sized packages of multiple The Daily Enlightenment books to be mailed to readers, we decided to use magazine pages…

25
Aug
2010

Happy Dharma Teachers’ Day

During the annual (early) Teacher’s Day lunch gathering organised by friends of Pureland Practice Fellowship on Sunday, which was quite…

24
Aug
2010

Sliding on the Scale of Good & Evil

I like to watch cops-and-robbers flicks – not to see the plainly good guys chasing after one-sided bad guys, but…

24
Aug
2010

Right Focus at Work

A friend’s account: When I took up full-time Dharma work more than a decade ago, a friend warned me about…