Year: 2010

I think the most enlightening part of the TV game show ‘The Moment of Truth’ is not when there are…

If There Is No Self, Who Owns My Karma? Just as there are thoughts without a thinker, there is karma…

Q: I read online that Maitreya and Baha’u’llah are the same person. Is this true? A: No. According to Buddhism,…

Q: Is the rearing of child spirits (such as aborted babies or those who died prematurely) a Buddhist practice? A:…

(From a friend to her Mother) Never knew the loss is so painful, never knew you are so important in…

I try to share this at least once a year. So… here is Groundhog Day… again! Date: 19 August 2010…

Something heartening happened on Sunday afternoon. During the self-introduction session of Project Rebirth (see https://moonpointer.com/new/2010/05/project-rebirth-rediscover-reflect-recharge), I asked the participants to share…

A Tit for a Tat (151) Tit: Wish you were here… Tat: Why? Tit: You don’t know what you missed…

A Tit for a Tat (150) Tit: Why are you so noisy when you sleep, with your tossing and turning? Tat:…

These thoughts came to mind while visiting the Taipei Palace Museum: That exhibited is more that the stuff itself. What…

The guide told us that Taiwan’s political scene is complicated, that there are many minor elections that many don’t vote…

A wholesale shop’s salesperson showed us a cellophane wrapped deer foetus, telling us that she is a ‘Buddhist’, and thinks…

The tour guide cum driver we had for the temple pilgrimage trip admitted to us on the very first day,…

Upon entering Dharma Drum Mountain’s resource library is an interesting artwork. It’s called 心经影壁 or ‘Wall of Images of the…

I read about Asperger Syndrome recently (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome). It’s a new disease to me – in the sense that I did…

Sometimes, there are requests for notes for my Dharma classes, by those who have not attended them. Usually, I decline,…

Question: Can I set up a shrine of Guanyin Bodhisattva in my living/dining room if my family isn’t vegetarian? I’m…

A friend asked me how do I have confidence to deliver Dharma talks My reply was that the wonderful Dharma…

The moral of Kafka’s short story ‘The Metamorphosis’ eluded me for some time. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorphosis for outline) About the terror and…

The Six Perfections (Paramitas) are essential qualities to be practised and perfected for the realisation of True Happiness (Buddhahood; Nirvana;…