Author: Shen Shián

(Thank you, Scorpio East, for the premiere tickets!) Though ‘Aftershock’ retells the terrible tragedy of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which…

A reason why I write a lot is to record my ideas to share with others, and even myself. If…

Q: I was not aware that the purpose of life is to realise True Happiness (via enlightenment). I thought all along…

Q: How do I convince my father to observe the Five Precepts, when they don’t ‘buy’ karma readily? A: The…

You are what you do. A butterfly flutters by. What are you doing now? From urbandictionary.com, ‘the original name of…

Q: I once watched a Buddhist TV programme in a Taiwan in which the Master said that we should avoid…

The maniacal Joker in ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland tries to make Commissioner Gordon snap…

These ideas came to mind on which leadership model to use for Buddhist organisations… 1. We should use the Dharma…

I find it tough to review books – because to do so fairly is to read and digest them entirely,…

The lyrics of this song ‘Why’ by Enigma reminds me of Dhammapada verse 6 by the Buddha. Here are various…

Language is an interesting tool. As much as it expresses, it can also limit… when words seem to be in…

I haven’t watched ‘Rain Man’ yet, though I know it’s a classic film for understanding the nature of autism. Knowing…

The girl pushing the Dim Sum cart in the food court has seen us many times, as we are here…

Napolean Dynamite is one quirky comedy starring the amazing Jon Heder. He acted so believably as an ultra-nerd that the…

For the very first time, I became genuinely apprehensive of a Dharma class being oversized due to space constraints and…

A TV program showed how some ‘special cows’ were reared with good food and even music – to make them…

A Tit for a Tat (154) Tit: Haha! You look so red in the sun! Tat: Is it? I thought…

In the movie ‘Triple Tap’, there is a an end scene with two guys freeing the fish they caught into…

Ironically, it is sometimes harder to encourage old friends, especially those I had not come in contact for some time,…

A Tit for a Tat (153) Tit: You seem to know a lot. Tat: I don’t really. Tit: But you…