Year: 2010

‘Pride and Prejudice’ tells the tale of how the aloof Mr. Darcy came to be with the feisty Ms. Elizabeth…

With close reference to Buddhist scriptures, here are three interesting articles with the Buddha’s perspectives on the origin of humans…

Question: A temple is promoting beliefs that some Buddhas and Bodhisattvas protect people born in certain years. They have booklets…

Alternative Alice (2): What is Not Cat about the Cheshire Cat? Cheshire Cat: Which part of me is not like…

A dialogue inspired by the writing style of Lewis Carroll. I’ve been wanting to write a book called ‘The Alternative…

Based on the book, the ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ movie reminds me of a phase of growing up that…

A friend is getting married. But like many non-vegetarians, she’s offering a feast of many sentient beings. Me being the…

Only Buddhas, who are perfect teachers, do not require [constructive] criticism from their students. – Stonepeace What do you do…

A line from ‘Flash Forward’ session two goes — ‘It’s not fate versus free will; it’s fate and free will.’…

A friend came across these phrases in a Buddhist website — ‘Who is Buddha?’ and ‘Buddha’s teachings’. He asked whether…

A Tit for a Tat (123) Tit: Hey! Don’t lean on the train pole! Tat: Why not? Tit: It’s a…

In the award-winning ‘The Rabbi’s Cat’ (Le Chat du Rabbin) by Joann Sfar, which ‘The Boston Globe’ calls, ‘An affecting,…

In ‘Green Lantern: Secret Origin’ by Geoff Johns, Sinestro teaches Hal Jordan on how to use his power ring, which…

Here’s my Dharma interpretation of a song by Coldplay to share: A Message My song is love Love to the…

A young nephew didn’t understand the rationale of sharing, and became distressed when it was suggested to him that the…

A Tit for a Tat (122) Tit: Be responsible and put the extra fork you took back! Tat: You be…

A Tit for a Tat (121) Tit: Why didn’t you finish reading the book? Tat: I read only the parts…

Q: If a friend owes me money but says she is not able to pay me back because of financial…

Q: As Amitabha Buddha has 48 vows and Medicine Buddha has 12 vows, when one practises either teaching, must he…

S took a cursory glance at some alternative seats at the centre, where there is a full-house Dharma talk about…