Year: 2010

14
Jun
2010

Everybody Hurts Sometimes

Some lyrics from R.E.M.’s ‘Everybody Hurts’: Well, everybody hurts sometimes. Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes. And everybody hurts sometimes….

14
Jun
2010

Moments of Respite

In ‘Made of Wood’ by Ed Brubaker, Batman says this – ‘There’s a moment… right before my grapple cable goes…

14
Jun
2010

Truth is My Morning Star

The above is a fan video, while here’s a different interpretation of the lyrics of ‘Morning Star’ by Flunk: ……

14
Jun
2010

Partial Compassion is Discrimination

Ironically, though non-vegetarian non-nature-lovers are less compassionate than non-vegetarian nature-lovers who protect selective animals, they are less discriminative as they…

14
Jun
2010

Pull Up Our Socks

Most importantly, instead of focusing on complaining or fearing that others pull down our socks (e.g. denigrate Buddhism), is that…

14
Jun
2010

On Buddhist Education

S: Long general Buddhist courses (some spanning years, including degrees) might appear comprehensive, but this is often an illusion as…

14
Jun
2010

Agree to Disagree?

In Digha Nikaya (I,164), the Buddha taught, ‘Those things about which there is no agreement, let us put aside. Those…

14
Jun
2010

Baby Blues… Round Two?

Q: I am in a dilemma as to whether I should have another kid. I don’t see why I should…

14
Jun
2010

We Wept Hard

I once listened to someone’s grievances overnight. She was planning to kill herself. When dawn broke, she felt reborn. I…

14
Jun
2010

The Sands of Time

Thoughts about ‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’: Only the holder of the Dagger of Time knows he is…

10
Jun
2010

What Do Robes Represent?

An email apology: Dear Si’Ann (sic), Referring to our tele-conversation, our sincere apologies for any misunderstandings or miscommunication if any….

08
Jun
2010

A Tit for a Tat (143)

A Tit for a Tat (143) Tit: Do I look fat? Tat: If you suck in your belly, you won’t….

08
Jun
2010

The Bar of Goodness

Friend: Maybe he’s watching you and thinking you’re raising the bar. Man: Maybe. With God, you never can tell. Friend:…

08
Jun
2010

Spirituality Over Superficiality

As summarised from Wikipedia, ‘the TV series (Drop Dead Diva) revolves around vapid blonde and aspiring model, Deb Dobkins who…

08
Jun
2010

Revisiting ‘How I Survived a Bloody Mess’

Yeas ago, I stuck a bright red sticker with the words ‘Namo Amituofo’ (Homage to Amitabha Buddha) on a dangerous…

07
Jun
2010

Have You Taken Refuge in the Inner Triple Gem?

Symbol of the Triratna (: Sanskrit; Tiratana: Pali), as seen in the Sanchi stupa, 1st century BCE. 自皈依佛,当愿众生,绍隆佛种,发无上心 自皈依法,当愿众生,深入经藏,智慧如海 自皈依僧,当愿众生,统理大众,一切无碍…

07
Jun
2010

Horseshoe Logic

A sophisticated yet funny story that Niels Bohr liked to tell: One of our neighbors in Tisvilde once fixed a…

07
Jun
2010

Sacred Duty

Please don’t ask me to speak against animal liberation. Just as it is seen as a sacred duty for some…

07
Jun
2010

Possessed by Mara

Dit: Look at his greed! I think he’s ‘possessed’ my Mara! Dot: Don’t be daft! Of course he is! Dit:…

07
Jun
2010

Karma Verses

行善不昌,必有余殃,殃尽必昌; 行恶不殃,必有余昌,昌尽必殃。 If doing good does not lead to good fortune, there must be excess misfortune [due to past evil…