Month: May 2011

20
May
2011

Karmic or Divine?

During a short talk I gave to some 800 students at Catholic Junior College to offer the Buddhist opinion on the…

20
May
2011

Bad Enough for Buddhism

‘Maybe I’m too bad to learn the Dharma!’ Nonsense! Everyone is bad or good enough to learn the Dharma. Besides,…

20
May
2011

Returning or Stealing?

Sequel to https://moonpointer.com/new/2011/03/accidental-thief : A Tit for a Tat (306) Tit: Look! My original shoes reappeared! Tat: How do you…

20
May
2011

Terror of Killing

On the death of Osama Bin Laden without trial, you can’t really kill terrorism – you have to transform terrorist…

20
May
2011

Nothing to Say?

A Tit for a Tat (305) Tit: Do you have nothing to say? Tat: (Shakes head)… Do you have nothing…

20
May
2011

Water Dripping

A Tit for a Tat (304) Tit: Is it raining or was that just water dripping? Tat: Rain is just…

20
May
2011

Statement on Buddhist Vegetarianism

A Buddhist organisation asked me to help write two short ‘politically correct’ statements on vegetarianism for a national documentary. This…

10
May
2011

My Virgin Vote

I know very little about politics but I know a good government should work for the people and not for…

09
May
2011

Best Of Both Worlds

He is a Buddhist, who wants the best of both worlds, as he struggles to be a worldly success, while…

09
May
2011

Wit & Wisdom

A Tit for a Tat (303) Tit: You need to be smart to be witty. Tat: Are you saying I’m…

09
May
2011

Want to Solve It

A Tit for a Tat (302) Tit: How do you know there are enough clues, to use reasoning to solve…

09
May
2011

Simple Or Deep Question?

Question: Let me ask u a very chim (deep) qn. Do u know why do 2 emotionally stable, secure &…

09
May
2011

Shelter & Sustenance

An interesting saying shared by a friend: 道心之中有衣食,衣食之中无道心. There is (spiritual) clothing and food (shelter and sustenance) within the heart…

09
May
2011

Cleaned & Dirty

A Tit for a Tat (301) Tit: Are you sure you can clean the table with that dirty cloth? Tat:…

09
May
2011

How Should A Buddhist Vote?

Just before polling day, I wrote this on http://www.facebook.com/shen.shian/posts/10150189984054001 To my surprise, more than 30 friends ‘liked’ it, and many…

04
May
2011

About Shen Shi’an

This is not so much of an article, but my updated biodata, for ease of linking across… About Shen Shi’an…