Year: 2010

22
Apr
2010

Why Speak Up for Animals?

I have to speak up for animals because they can’t speak for themselves. I have to speak up for animals…

22
Apr
2010

Invaluable & Priceless

Q: What is ‘invaluable’? A: It’s what’s ‘priceless’. Q: Of course the ‘in-valuable’ is ‘price-less’ – but what’s that? A:…

20
Apr
2010

Rather Stay Awake

It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep, Cause everything is never as it seems When…

20
Apr
2010

Becoming Enlightened

I finished reading ”Becoming Enlightened’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins, PhD) a few…

19
Apr
2010

Kick-Ass Kicks Ass!

Contrary to my expectations due to its trailer, ‘Kick-ass’ is not a typical smart-ass fantasy flick only for kiddies. It’s…

19
Apr
2010

Better or Worse?

From ‘The Resident Tourist: Otah Tree’ by Troy Chin in ‘Liquid City: Volume One’: Mint: It’s funny. Don’t you think,…

19
Apr
2010

Youth, Life & People

From the movie ‘Greenberg’: Ivan: Youth is wasted on the young. Roger: I’d go further. I’d go: ‘Life is wasted…

16
Apr
2010

The Heart of the Heart Sutra Between Its Lines

Form is emptiness; (色即是空) Emptiness is form. (空即是色) Form is not different from emptiness;(色不异空) Emptiness is not different from form. …

16
Apr
2010

Can I Uncommit a Spiritual Commitment?

Question: If I had committed to a regular sadhana practice after an initiation, must I ask the guru for permission…

16
Apr
2010

Three Peculiar Haikus

Am sure you have come across ‘peculiar’ haikus, which seem weird in the sense that they seem to be about…

15
Apr
2010

Bad Gift Karma?

Question: I contributed money for a group gift, but later realised that it wasn’t an animal-friendly gift. Do I create…

15
Apr
2010

Some Regrets about Some Relationships

If what you find attractive in someone is the Dharma embodied and expressed, why be attached to the manner and…

15
Apr
2010

Beyond Small Pleasures

Release from being bound by what you wrongly assume to be true happiness brings even greater happiness. – Stonepeace This…

15
Apr
2010

Straight to the Point!

My right wrist was very sore, with its tendons feeling tight. It’s a reoccurring occupational hazard due to heavy mouse…

15
Apr
2010

Guilt-free Burger

Vegan organic multiple-seeds burger with almonds, sunflower and pumpkin seeds patty, with potato wedges, with salad and soup of the…

15
Apr
2010

What is Hell?

From ‘Talking Lines: The Graphic Stories of R.O. Bleachman’, Shakespeare’s sister Opinia says, ‘Hell. For is not its definition? An…

15
Apr
2010

Happiness is…

Happiness is a kind of look in the eyes, a way of looking at life, a wisdom embodied. Happiness is…

15
Apr
2010

How You Can Save The World

Your karma makes your world go round. Our karma makes our world go haywire too. [i] We All Create Karma…

14
Apr
2010

It’s a Very Very Mad World

The classic ‘Mad World’ by Tears for Fears seems to be a poignant string of world-weary haikus. In between its…

14
Apr
2010

How to Save Some Rice

A Tit for a Tat (130) Tit: You didn’t finish your rice. Tat: I’m too full. Tit: But there are…