Author: Shen Shián

A toddler nephew is undergoing a strange phase of growing up. Barely a month ago, his baby sister was born….

Just finished teaching the last lesson of a series of four weekly classes on the Heart Sutra. This last lesson…

Jon: As an artist, I wonder is artists are necessarily self-cherishing by nature? Is there a difference between being selfish…

During last evening’s movie screening (of the film ‘Angulimala’) cum Dharma discussion for NUS Buddhist Society’s Dharma camp (at Shuang…

If you position yourself such that I cannot share my advice with you, it is not so much the end…

I would dread the day when all around me would only agree with me, as if I’m thoroughly enlightened. But…

Feng: Shi’an, is this change of things what you wanted?  Shi’an: Yes and no… as with many things in life….

The below email dialogue with a fellow reader is about the ethics of neutering cats to prevent the multiplication of…

In the movie ‘Cape No. 7’, the female protagonist, who was in charge of organising an outdoor concert was feeling…

  I just returned from hosting an encore screening session of the multiple-award winning documentary ‘Buddha’s Lost Children’. (The review…

Jinx in ‘Die Another Day’ says, ‘Most artists are only truly appreciated after they are dead.’ Yes, this is a…

Those worldly think the spiritual are foolish for not focusing on, say, what there is to eat, on how to…

The poorest leaders are those who think they are the best leaders, when they are the exact opposite. They will…

Gee: It’s so unlike ‘you’ to buy and give a present! Wee: But there’s no one ‘me’ you see…   …

I used to wonder this when I come across news of celebrity marriages in the papers – ‘Why is it…

While chatting with someone on something serious, he suggested that I be as candid as possible with him. I laughed…

Cy: I don’t feel that I fit in here. Sy: Where? Cy: In this world. Sy: That might not be…

The Quest for a ‘Quantum of Solace’ In ‘Quantum of Solace’, James Bond, the otherwise stereotyped one, runs amok somewhat….

Lugging around a heavy laptop bag, it struck me… that I can carry it long because I set it down…

Humans are often full of self-contradictions. When they see beached whales, they try to keep them moist, to transport them…