Month: July 2011

A Tit for a Tat (326) Tit: My handphone just broke down! Why does this have to happen on my…

Stonepeace said, ‘Beauty is only skin deep and the skin is not very deep.’ A Buddhist saying says, ‘This body…

A friend is compiling teachings by Rinpoche for publication, and asked me to check the below, which I sent years…

‎ S: Otto von Bismarck said, ‘When you say that you agree to a thing in principle, you mean that…

I saw at 4.24am a new blue star outside the window From where I lay on the bed. But of…

There is this part in ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ that mentions Buddhism. Morrie: Everybody knows they’re going to die, but nobody…

A vegetarian Buddhist friend said a Christian friend remarked that animals have no ‘souls’, that it is okay to eat…

J: 想做的事多了，但做好的事少了，有时觉得自己能办到的，但更多时候却是“有心无力”的状况… 该放下？还是持续？有时很迷惑，别说方向，连自己也找不到。怎么办呢？我相信其实每个人都有无穷待开发的力量，只是… 只是… 易发愿，却难持续，怎么办？:'( S: How about finding your passion, and focusing on it as much as you can?…

Shades can tint and impair your true vision. But… Shades can block excess light for better vision.

Edmund Burke said, ‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.’ Methinks,…

This is a little dated, from November 2007, but am reposting here for linking in this same site to my…

Above is Saint Etienne’s version of ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’. Below is Neil Young’s original version. Seems worlds…

Here, Edward Monkton gets his ‘Zen’ right, though he doesn’t use the word ‘Zen. But Zen is Zen whether you…

While researching on Zen design, I remembered Pet Shop Boys’ song ‘Minimal’. I googled for its lyrics and hey, they are…

She says, ‘I think I can’t handle lies or betrayal well. It’s hard for me to trust anyone now.’ ‘Trust…

In ‘The Night Bookmobile’ by Audrey Niffengger, a book-lover picks up librarian skills in this life, ‘dying’ to be a…

A Tit for a Tat (325) Tit: That guy is so inconsiderate – he’s standing on the right side of…

‘A Study in Scarlet’ is the debut Sherlock Holmes story. It is a good reminder of several truths… The plot of…

A Tit for a Tat (324) Tit: This sink is really too small for washing! Tat: Not really… Tit: Huh?…