Author: zyrius

There is this half-bridge-half-ramp structure at the Toa Payoh train station underpass. It is a monument ‘celebrating’ witlessness. For some…

Am always interested in hearing how the man on the street philosophises. I overheard a poor philosophical argument during lunch from the…

Super Short Story (199): Saved By God? He saved her because he believed they are children of the same God,…

Jonathan Safran Foer’s book title does not imply animal-eaters only eat animals and do nothing else. It is a way…

What Ego Trip? It’s bizarre that some animal-eaters actually believe lifelong veganism is a possible ego trip. If it is…

Z: (After hearing about it from H) Gnostic Christianity, as with many things, is very interesting indeed. But life is too short…

When the teacher gives up on a student, the student usually gives up on the teacher, and possibly the teaching…

I heard a Dharma teacher saying she encountered another Dharma teacher, who was supposedly an expert in teaching about emptiness,…

A: Someone wants to meet me. B: For what purpose? A: The purpose is not clear. B: There is no…

If one had created a misunderstanding with inappropriate words, one should just clarify with appropriate words. (Sometimes, no other action…

Question: My friend’s business partner cheated her of her money. She wants to send him to jail. Answer: If the…

The foreign man suddenly extended his phone to me, instructing me to listen, in a matter of fact way, as he…

This is a chat on the article ‘Whose Buddhism is the Truest’ at http://www.tricycle.com/feature/whose-buddhism-truest : J: Who cares? These scholars are…

His bipolar swinging of reason and emotion in this life is just like a compression of my ‘bipolar’ swinging of…

From ‘Paying For It’ by Chester Brown: Chester: I’m not in any way suffering… Friend 1: You’re repressing. On a subconscious…

Question: Are you aware that some people are drawing ‘Buddhist’ divination lots using smartphone applications? Do you think it will work? I…

There are two unlabeled toilet cubicles in the office. Most males use one, that became the less clean one. It’s…

A Buddhist friend whom I did not know too well commented during a group chat that just as the universe…

Dear Sir, Someone sent me the below article. Can you comment on it? Thank you. With Metta, AIA Hi AIA, …

Q: A friend said that when he prays to the Buddha or Guanyin Bodhisattva, they can’t answer his question, whereas…