Category: Happenings

By Royston Sim [The Straits Times]: ‘For 40 minutes on Saturday morning, representatives from eight religions took turns to recite…

I figured that it is alright to no longer subscribe to any local papers, since they are all government controlled….

A friend posted this on Facebook on 9/11: ‘Remembering those who were lost in 911, and many others who were lost…

Amazingly and appropriately, in body language, such a handshake, as you can see at http://youtube.com/watch?v=3M07B1Gr6jc is called a ‘cold fish…

I know very little about politics but I know a good government should work for the people and not for…

There is much discussion accounting for the drop of 9.2% of Buddhists here, according the latest census. Wanted to write…

In the movie ‘(Avatar): The Last Airbender’, one of the baddies shouts to his henchmen who capture him, ‘Do not…

The truth is the truth. What does it matter… that someone said it?* The truth is the truth. What does…

A letter sent to the press: I refer to the 2 June 2010 article in The Straits Times, ‘Pray, let’s…

If a handful of people dislike those of another race and rant against their ways, this doesn’t mean that the…

Something I helped to answer for the press: Q: Is current interfaith work too skewed towards looking for commonalities? Is…

Something written for the press that went unpublished: I refer to the letter ‘Town council right in culling pigeons‘ (Mar…

Please feel free to… 1. Send this link https://moonpointer.com/new/2010/02/operation-bogus-bust-part-2 to share this article with your friends. 2. Download the above…

From http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DharmaNews/message/5321 : Controversy Over Display of Buddhist Relics Yen Feng, The Straits Times, 2 January 2010 Five prominent Buddhist…

Part 1: https://moonpointer.com/new/2009/11/appeal-to-drop-appeal Part 2: http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=22,8764,0,0,1,0 (as below): In reply to the letter ‘Buddhism not damaged by wayward monastics, but…

Shen Shi’an has sent you the following message from http://www.hopenhagen.com: On December 7 (4 days away), leaders from 192 countries…

From http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC091123-0000166/Online-Only—Change-the-world-one-meal-at-a-time : I refer to “Go meatless one day a week“ (TODAYonline, Nov 22). It might seem that refraining…

This is a message from Human Society International. It might be belated, but it’s important and we can work towards…

From http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=22,8733,0,0,1,0 : The once most famous Buddhist monk in a small country is now its most infamous. Then again,…

He who, depraved, devoid of truthfulness and self-control, puts on the ochre [monastic] robe, doesn’t deserve the ochre robe. But…