Author: Shen Shián

Co-founder of Moonpointer.com
10
May
2010

A Self-fulfilling Prophesy

A Tit for a Tat (135) Tit: Look! that cockroach is lying on its back! I think he’s dying! Tat:…

10
May
2010

Magnetic South?

A Tit for a Tat (134) Tit: Where does the compass point to? Tat: North of course! Tit: Why not…

10
May
2010

Goodwill to Humans, Ill Will to Animals?

Something I would never say in person, but echoes in my mind, when I see people offering animal products for…

10
May
2010

We Are Multiple (Wo)Men

In ‘X-Factor: Many Lives of Madrox’ by Peter David, Jamie Madrox or the Multiple Man (MM), who has the ability…

10
May
2010

Which Stat Are You?

In ‘X-Factor: Many Lives of Madrox’ by Peter David, Rictor: There’s plenty of people who think we’re evil. Appearances can…

10
May
2010

That’s Why I’m Veg*n

I don’t eat dead animals because that supports killing them, with demand for their meat. That’s why I’m vegetarian. I…

10
May
2010

Why I Refuse Even a Morsel of a Dead Animal

If I eat whatever you give, appearing to be accepting, it might seem like a good spiritual practice? But if…

10
May
2010

Let Us Relish?

Here is a piece based on reverse psychology: Let us go today, my friends, to the forest. Let us set…

10
May
2010

Don’t Talk about Your ‘Great Wisdom’

Don’t talk about your ‘great wisdom’ if you do not have the slightest compassion for the weakest beings. Don’t talk…

10
May
2010

How to Share the Dharma?

When it comes to sharing the Dharma, how do we know what, and how to share, and if what we…

10
May
2010

It’s Not What You Are

In ‘Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant’, this line is uttered – ‘It’s not what you are that makes you…

10
May
2010

It Happens

In ‘Wolverine: Not Dead Yet’ by Warren Ellis and Leinil Yu, Wolverine barely escapes yet another attempt to kill him….

07
May
2010

Exhibition: Gratitude to Earth & Earthlings

Map: http://kmspks.org/kmspks/getthere.htm Hall: http://kmspks.org/kmspks/templetour/tour_pagoda.htm Pix of Previous Exhibition: http://tinyurl.com/gratitudepix

07
May
2010

Free Vesak Smoothie Workshop

Map: http://kmspks.org/kmspks/getthere.htm Place: http://kmspks.org/kmspks/templetour/tour_pagoda.htm

05
May
2010

When to Turn It On?

A Tit for a Tat (133) Tit: It’s hot! When can we turn on the air-con? Tat: The hotter it…

05
May
2010

Another Way to Iron (or ‘How to Save More Energy’)

A Tit for a Tat (132) Tit: I need to iron this shirt. Tat: But there’s no need. Tit: Why?…

05
May
2010

The Best Fight is No Fight

In ‘Ip Man 2’, Ip Man (pronounced as Ye Wen in Chinese) shares some counter-intuitive wisdom on the arts of…

05
May
2010

Adhering to Uniforms

When I cut my hair short and wear brownish shirts and go to Dharma occasions or centres, people often ask…

05
May
2010

What If Enlightenment is Impossible or Retrogressible?

If enlightenment is impossible, the strife towards it is still meaningful because it is the path to greater happiness, as…

05
May
2010

Okay Stocks & Shares?

Q: If company X has a variety of businesses, one of which is involved in delivering, design and repair of…