Category: Mix

Question: I think I will still attend my friend’s gathering [at what is considered a cult by orthodox Buddhism] but…

Question: I was having a practical test and there was a candidate who did very badly. Immediately, I chanted silently,…

Tips are abound these days… on how to make your eyes look ‘more expressive’ using various make-up techniques. But… ‘more…

The best Dharma lessons don’t always sound the most pleasing to one’s ears. For what you already know you don’t…

Adorning glossy magazine covers are photographs of faces mostly photoshopped to ‘perfection’. Nothing new really, for our ancestors too conceal…

Maybe we are imperfect, which is why we love the imperfect. [1] Is this a sickness or a virtue? Maybe…

The magical ulcer in my mouth seems to come from nowhere, to grow and grow. It doesn’t seem to go,…

A Tit for a Tat (181) Tit: Remember that to-do? Tat: Yes? Tit: Can you do it now? Tat: Why…

A Tit for a Tat (180) Tit: I think it’s okay to see pirated movies – if I don’t plan…

A Tit for a Tat (179) Tit: When will it get better?  Tat: When you get used to it! Tit:…

The Buddha is also called ‘The Blessed One’. But who blesses the Blessed One, who blesses us with the Dharma?…

As generally defined, seven kinds of refuge. Which one are you? Generally, any form of refuge missing Dharma is spiritually…

A Tit for a Tat (178) Tit: Can we eat at that restaurant every day? Tat: If we have enough…

A Facebook dialogue: Shian: Struck me that the Facebook live feed question is a good one – ‘What’s on your…

Q: It doesn’t matter whether one calls oneself a Buddhist when one is practising the Buddha’s way. Often, we are…

A Tit for a Tat (177) Tit: The deliveryman just called. He wants to come now! Tat: Wow, this is…

A Tit for a Tat (176) Tit: This bun tastes dry – not like the ones before! Tat: Don’t compare…

Email subject header: Diabetes Alert? Hi Everyone, Recently, I noticed that there are black ants on the rim of the…

Then again, yet another random lesson from Taiji class: The mirror for checking your moves is half your teacher, but…

A Tit for a Tat (175) Tit: I enjoy sleeping. Tat: But ‘you’ are not there when you’re asleep! You’re…