Category: Books

01
Oct
2009

Callling the Buddhadharma as It Is

A Dharma friend sent me this Youtube link on meditation. He felt that it’s a very good way to introduce…

29
Sep
2009

Quotable Dharma Quotes

From ‘A Heart Full of Peace’ by Joseph Goldstein are many thought-provoking quotes, with elaborations on what their significance. Below…

29
Sep
2009

Incredible But Possible

Excavations at Jetavana, now Saheth Finally Venerable Faxian and a fellow monk reached Jetavana monastery… but it had since become a…

02
Sep
2009

The Daily Enlightenment 1, 2, 3

Your bookmark for all TDE books: http://issuu.com/tdebook

01
Sep
2009

Who is ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’?

Adapted from the bestseller, ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ tells of a man’s peculiar condition, of being involuntarily subject to fading…

25
Aug
2009

TDE 1 & 3 Online

The Daily Enlightenment 1: http://issuu.com/tdebook/docs/tde1 & The Daily Enlightenment 3: http://issuu.com/tdebook/docs/tde3 can now be read online in an interactively way…

25
Aug
2009

An Overrated Green Scarf

Guy: Why do you shop? Gal: When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then…

24
Aug
2009

A Classic Monster Revisited

Horror stories illustrate not how horrifying imaginary monsters can be, but how horrible real humans can be. – Stonepeace I…

13
Aug
2009

Dharma Doodles

This is a doodle to share, as contributed by moonpointer reader Jetty (http://tinyurl.com/pg3mrx) Thanks! The view atop the mountain might…

12
Aug
2009

From Today, Vote Thrice a Day

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0 The documentary movie ‘Food Inc.’ has many important messages indeed, though vegetarians and vegans might be disappointed that…

03
Aug
2009

Not a Case for God?

I read in a Buddhist mailing list that Karen Armstrong’s new book ‘The Case for God’, which is somewhat apologetics…

31
Jul
2009

Is this Review ‘Enough’?

‘A cheerfully likeable manifesto for lifestyle change.’ – Guardian ‘A liberating and wry take on the treadmill of modern life.’…

29
Jul
2009

Live One Day Every Day & Eat Mindfully!

Hi readers, you know… moonpointer.com is meant to be Buddhist blog community, though over the years, there are few contributors….

28
Jul
2009

Rewriting the Book of Destiny

In ‘The Brave and the Bold: The Lords of Luck’ by Mark Waid et al, ‘The Book of Destiny‘ from…

28
Jul
2009

Time for ‘Enough’

< click to enlarge Received a rather uplifting email… “Dear Mr. Shen, I am a translator and currently I am…

23
Jul
2009

Enough Religions Already

I came across something interesting, from the book ‘Establishing Global Ethics’ by the recently deceased Master Sheng Yen, who presented…

19
Jul
2009

Do You Just ‘Eat, Sleep, Sit’?

I came across the book ‘Eat Sleep Sit’ at Bugis Junctions’ Books Kinokuniy. Am not ashamed to say I was…

13
Jul
2009

Are We Animals Eating One Another?

Chanced upon this elegantly simple yet classic neo-retro Penguin book cover – ‘On the Suffering of the World’ by Arthur…

11
Jul
2009

Rushing a Dharma Delivery

An Awareness Place (Well-being Centre) customer wanted to have a copy of The Daily Enlightenment Book 1 and 2 each….

07
Jul
2009

‘The Daily Enlightenment 1’ in 3 Languages

English version of ‘The Daily Enlightenment 1’ in Flash: http://www.buddhanet.net/flash/the-daily-enlightenment/index.html German version of ‘The Daily Enlightenment 1’: http://kaikensho.blogspot.com/2008/01/ber-daily-enlightenment.html Indonesian version…