Category: Mix

‘Go’ (围棋) is not an ordinary board game, but one that involves much wits and strategising. Unlike it’s counterpart Chinese…

Tit: Why does the Buddha image have blue hair? Tat: It symbolises the blue light of universal compassion that radiated…

Riff: Look at that poorly painted picture of the Buddha! Raff: What picture? Riff: That one! Raff: What Buddha? Riff:…

Hee: I wanna eat something special for dinner. Haw: But where is something special? Hee: I don’t know. Haw: And…

Woo: Look at the kid! She’s so irritating!  Hoo: Don’t look then. Woo: Huh? Hoo: Unless you are looking to…

Q: We’re working on our 2553 Spiritual Journal. Need to check with you the meaning of 2553 on the Buddhist calendar cos…

Me: You’ll find me weird… only if you don’t understand me. He: But what if you still seem weird after…

Ti: Why is she doing so little? Shouldn’t she do as much as us to help? Gi: Well, she’s just…

Me: I see you are wearing ‘Transitions’ eyeglasses. He: Yes. Me: Seems like a good idea… auto-tinting when it gets…

The Meaning of Meaning Zeph doesn’t consider himself a very ‘deep’ person. But he recognises that he contemplates on stuff…

A friend texted me a question – ‘How to have compassion for terrorists?’ He was asking about the recent Mumbai…

My Macbook’s power supply unit stopped working suddenly. It didn’t trouble me as much as it made me curious as…

A toddler nephew is undergoing a strange phase of growing up. Barely a month ago, his baby sister was born….

Just finished teaching the last lesson of a series of four weekly classes on the Heart Sutra. This last lesson…

Jon: As an artist, I wonder is artists are necessarily self-cherishing by nature? Is there a difference between being selfish…

If you position yourself such that I cannot share my advice with you, it is not so much the end…

I would dread the day when all around me would only agree with me, as if I’m thoroughly enlightened. But…

Feng: Shi’an, is this change of things what you wanted?  Shi’an: Yes and no… as with many things in life….

The below email dialogue with a fellow reader is about the ethics of neutering cats to prevent the multiplication of…

Ja: How rude, he ignored me when I greeted him. Ya: Maybe he’s shy or didn’t recognise you?  Ja: Nay,…