04
May
2013

Drama: Sam & Sara #393

Sam & Sara #393: Drama Sara: This TV series is so dramatic, unlike real life. Sam: Isn’t that exactly why…

26
Apr
2013

Sunrise After Skyfall

The James Bond movie franchise had its 50th anniversary recently. Despite many themes of death in their titles, say, ‘You…

26
Apr
2013

Abstract Art

PY: Art is too abstract. No wonder I always failed at art. SA: The trick is being able to justify…

26
Apr
2013

Speedcam Paradox

Should you warn others of the presence of speedcams at certain places? It might save them from getting into trouble…

26
Apr
2013

Doppelganger Buddhas

Ted in ‘How I Met Your Mother’ says to his buddies, ‘Look we’ve all been searching for the five doppelgangers…

21
Apr
2013

Past Parents

I asked him why he doesn’t seem very concerned for the spiritual well-being of his parents. He replied that since…

21
Apr
2013

Fleeting Moments

If the second hand is fleeting moment to moment, the minute hand is also fleeting moment to moment, with the…

21
Apr
2013

Relative Truths Matter

Zeroing a gun is to realise the relative truth of how you can shoot well. Even if it is not…

21
Apr
2013

Past, Present, Future

The past affects the present a lot… but… The present affects the future a lot too. So… How about resolving…

21
Apr
2013

What Art?

‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’ is a witty documentary about and by Banksy, that prompts good questions about what makes…

06
Apr
2013

Good Morning?

PB: At the moment, I am failing to understand the ‘good’ part of ‘good morning’. SS: Good to have survived…

06
Apr
2013

Damage: Super Short Story (200)

Super Short Story (200): Damage He proposed, over a toast, ‘Let us damage our minds together. If not, one of…

06
Apr
2013

Imaginary Friend & Enemy

He beseeches an imaginary friend, a deified almighty being to ward off an imaginary enemy, a demonised almighty being… who…

06
Apr
2013

Is Compassion Attachment?

Question: About these words… ‘Seeing Form itself as Emptiness produces great Wisdom so one does not dwell in birth and death;…

30
Mar
2013

Bad History?

Question: A friend sent me a video documentary of the historical battle of China against the Japanese’s invasion during WWII,…

30
Mar
2013

Why Avoid The Five Pungent Roots?

The below is a set of answers I helped to write for Makan Sutra (MS) upon request via a friend….

30
Mar
2013

Wu Wo

‘Wu wo’ (无我) means ‘non-self’ (Anatta), which means that as there is no enduring (unchanging) entity in our body and…

30
Mar
2013

Take The Vacancy?

In the movie ‘Vacancy’, a couple were urged by circumstances, of their car breaking down in the middle of nowhere…

30
Mar
2013

Organ Irony

He wants to donate his organs and body upon death later, as part of his ‘Bodhisattva practice’ to help other…

30
Mar
2013

Dog Anatta (Non-Self)

Is a dog with one leg less a lesser dog? Is a dog with two legs less a lesser dog?…