27
Oct
2011

Something Drastically Wrong

An unnerving passage by Steven Grant, in Warren Ellis’ ‘Scars’. ‘If they weren’t there and I saw them, there’s something drastically…

27
Oct
2011

Perception of Cylinder

A cylinder seen from the top is just a circle, but just a rectangle when seen from the side. Only…

27
Oct
2011

Fret Not

To fret over doing what has to be done many times before doing it is to suffer that many times…

18
Oct
2011

Verses for Loving-Kindness Meditation

May I be free from enmity and danger May I be free from mental suffering (e.g. fear, hatred, jealousy) May…

18
Oct
2011

Guru Not

H: There is this guru in town (Geshe Michael Roach) who claim to use Buddhism to teach people how to…

18
Oct
2011

Butterfly Bee

Struck me that Muhammad Ali’s boxing philosophy of ‘Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee’ seems somewhat aligned to…

18
Oct
2011

Converting the Converter

A friend forwarded to me an email from a Buddhist teacher, who advocated that evangelists should simply be ignored. I replied…

18
Oct
2011

Gain After Loss?

A: When you lose something in, you gain something else. There’s always balance in life. S: Actually, it’s not always…

18
Oct
2011

Labels Really Matter

To a Buddhist friend on disseminating news of a forum (slightly extended): ‘Even though the topic is of universal interest,…

18
Oct
2011

Sustainability Please

If the world looks to economic sustainability in terms of contentment with the minimum over growth in terms of greed…

18
Oct
2011

Letting Go Of Animal Stuff

Sometimes, when I encourage Buddhist friends to go easy on eating animals and their produce, I’m asked to ‘let go’….

18
Oct
2011

Harsh Speech & Useless Speech

Q: I sometimes speak harshly to one who keeps arguing with nonsensical views, to shut the person up, and not waste…

18
Oct
2011

The Middle Way Today

S: Message to friend discussing about 2012: “We might die the next second! Between now and 2012 or beyond, many…

18
Oct
2011

God’s Impossible Burden of Proof

The Self-Defeating God (How God Proves He Does Not Exist By Not Proving He Does Exist) Reasoning: It is the…

18
Oct
2011

Debunking Pascal’s Wager

There are too many ungrounded assumptions in Pascal’s Wager. Firstly, one must believe there is a God [who must be believed…

18
Oct
2011

The Invincible Iron Chariot Proof

‘The Lord [God] was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable…

12
Oct
2011

Courtesy Please

The foreign man suddenly extended his phone to me, instructing me to listen, in a matter of fact way, as he…

12
Oct
2011

Is Buddhism A Path To God?

At an inter-religious forum, after representatives of several religions introduced the gise of their ideology, someone in the audience hinted…

12
Oct
2011

I Wouldn’t Know

A Tit for a Tat (345) Tit: It’s frustrating when others in front walk too slowly. Tat: Most of the time, they…

12
Oct
2011

Rationalisations for Eating Animals

I came across two strange sentiments about eating animals: 1. ‘As long as the Buddha is in my heart, eating…