Year: 2010

10
Mar
2010

An Easy Gauge of Your Good & Evil

To avoid all evil, To do all good, And to purify the mind – These are the teachings of all…

08
Mar
2010

‘A Serious Man’ with Serious Doubts?

‘A Serious Man’ is a seriously quirky yet enjoyable award-winning black comedy that centres on the nature of faith in…

08
Mar
2010

This is a Bad Time

From ‘This is a Bad Time’ by Bruce Eric Kaplan: But why do we choose to be attached to the…

08
Mar
2010

The Invisible Colour of Attachment

From ‘The Color of Earth’ by Kim Dong Hwa, a young monk poignantly thinks to himself when he realises he…

08
Mar
2010

Buddha Astray?

Some wordplay below on a string of words that stand for what might arise sequentially while one practises mindfulness of…

08
Mar
2010

Forgot What to Remember

A Tit for a Tat (110) Tit: I forgot to remind you something. Tat: About what? Maybe I can help…

08
Mar
2010

Wisdom of Forgiveness

I used to be quite a severely unforgiving person. (Fortunately, things have improved greatly since.) The slightest bit of evil…

08
Mar
2010

Unchanging Love

A Tit for a Tat (109) Tit: What is True Love? Tat: That which does not become hate. Tit: Huh?…

08
Mar
2010

Who is the Real One?

A Tit for a Tat (108) Tit: I don’t understand her. Tat: Why? Tit: Sometimes, she is difficult. Tat: So?…

04
Mar
2010

Inconceivable Cosmic Proportions

The last cosmic scene of ‘Men in Black’ (which is the only part that stuck to me) reminds me of…

03
Mar
2010

India Adventures (12) : More Photos

Hi everyone, sorry for the long wait… Here are some of the photos, with more coming up :canny: Album :…

02
Mar
2010

Same Same But Different Bowls

A Tit for a Tat (107) Tit: My bowl of soup noodles has too little soup! Tat: My bowl of…

02
Mar
2010

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

A Tit for a Tat (106) Tit: Because you shelved it, I forgot about it. Tat: If you are mindful…

02
Mar
2010

Groundless Fear?

A Tit for a Tat (105) Tit: Why didn’t you put it in your bag to bring it home? Tat:…

02
Mar
2010

We Live in Oz?

‘Summer Wars’ tells of how virtual reality as a ‘Second Life’ spills over to reality, till it becomes indispensable to…

01
Mar
2010

What’s Wrong With Fur, Leather & Wool?

Watch the above. Enough said. 😥

01
Mar
2010

Your Mercy for Cows is Needed

The best short video so far, from http://www.mercyforanimals.org/dairy on the dark truth behind the dairy industry. Please seriously consider giving…

01
Mar
2010

A Soundless Fountain

From one of the last page of David Small’s autobiographical graphic novel ‘Stitches: A Memoir’: ‘My mother died in 1970,…

01
Mar
2010

Monsters & Heroes Defeated Alike

In the ‘retelling’ of ‘Beowulf’ by Gareth Hinds, King Hrothgar tells Beowulf the following after they slays Grendal and the…

01
Mar
2010

Do I Make Any Difference?

From ‘Essex County’ by Jeff Lemire, Annie the nurse says, ‘I lost a patient today… Humph!… I know what you’d…