Category: Mix

At the convenience store, the lady in front of me in the queue asked for a pack of cigarettes. When…

It was somewhat shocking to come across news that there are anti-net addiction boot camps out there. Is there some…

An anti-smoking ad has a picture of cancer, with the following taglines – ‘Quitting is hard. Not quitting is harder.’…

On the cover design of Depeche Mode’s album ‘Playing the Angel’ is a ‘Featherman’ – who doesn’t really stand for…

What if you happen to crave for a cigarette or even a cup of coffee on your deathbed? What is…

From Depeche Mode’s ‘Touring the Angel’ concert DVD – Journalist: What are the themes of your songs? Dave Gahan [lead…

Smokers are advised by health authorities not to smoke when the intoxicanting haze is on, which is caused by burning…

Sometimes, the fifth precept of abstaining from intoxicants is narrowed in practice to mere ensuring of not becoming alcoholic. Some…

If a [practising] Bodhisattva acts in such a manner [which harms other Buddhists for personal advantage], he is no different…

Are Buddhists Atheists? (Part of this article was published at www.buddhistchannel.tv. This is written in response to an inaccurate portrayal…

He had an ill feeling which he could not easily describe. She suggested some terms for him to consider… ‘Rage,…

I once heard a fellow Buddhist comment that because some Hindus consider the Buddha a “godsent” avatar of Vishnu (one…

I would like to be honest here, as someone not yet at total peace with this samsaric life, as someone…