Category: Happenings

There is no real solid ball. There is just a bundle of potential (elastic) energy, that binds itself inwards. Likewise,…

From yesterday’s news, a headline (and sub-heading) reads – ‘A star to the end: (Michael) Jackson mourners kept waiting as…

Sports is like a war without the killing. – Ted Turner From “West Ham football riot: ‘This was worse than…

What if you see bogus monastics on the streets of Singapore asking for money – pretending they need funds for…

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

To date, Swine Flu has killed over 80 in Mexico, while there are at least 20 confirmed cases in US…

JX: I think these days, it’s okay for monastics to handle some money (but not too ridiculously much to spur…

Pic: 4ocima Taking refuge in the Buddha, may I be with the awakened Taking refuge in the Dharma, may I…

In a ‘post-Lehman Brothers’ world, an investment ad in the subway ironically reads, ‘Be humble, the stock market is probably…

Last week, we visited the Peranakan Museum for the ‘Serenity in Stone : The Qingzhou Discovery’ exhibition. Featured are 800…

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances;…

Beliefs of a ‘Non-Believer’ http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=8,7674,0,0,1,0 I watched the live telecast of Obama’s inaugural presidential speech last night. It was largely…

Richard Dawkins at a bus with the billboard saying ‘There’s probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.’…