May I be free from enmity and danger May I be free from mental suffering (e.g. fear, hatred, jealousy) May…
H: There is this guru in town (Geshe Michael Roach) who claim to use Buddhism to teach people how to…
Struck me that Muhammad Ali’s boxing philosophy of ‘Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee’ seems somewhat aligned to…
A friend forwarded to me an email from a Buddhist teacher, who advocated that evangelists should simply be ignored. I replied…
A: When you lose something in, you gain something else. There’s always balance in life. S: Actually, it’s not always…
To a Buddhist friend on disseminating news of a forum (slightly extended): ‘Even though the topic is of universal interest,…
If the world looks to economic sustainability in terms of contentment with the minimum over growth in terms of greed…
Sometimes, when I encourage Buddhist friends to go easy on eating animals and their produce, I’m asked to ‘let go’….
Q: I sometimes speak harshly to one who keeps arguing with nonsensical views, to shut the person up, and not waste…
S: Message to friend discussing about 2012: “We might die the next second! Between now and 2012 or beyond, many…
The Self-Defeating God (How God Proves He Does Not Exist By Not Proving He Does Exist) Reasoning: It is the…
There are too many ungrounded assumptions in Pascal’s Wager. Firstly, one must believe there is a God [who must be believed…
‘The Lord [God] was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable…
The foreign man suddenly extended his phone to me, instructing me to listen, in a matter of fact way, as he…
At an inter-religious forum, after representatives of several religions introduced the gise of their ideology, someone in the audience hinted…
A Tit for a Tat (345) Tit: It’s frustrating when others in front walk too slowly. Tat: Most of the time, they…
I came across two strange sentiments about eating animals: 1. ‘As long as the Buddha is in my heart, eating…
Question: Would you say that reciting Om Mani Padme Hung is similar to the practice of metta meditation in that it…
A Tit for a Tat (344) Tat: You used the office printer to print this personal stuff? Tit: It’s stealing huh? Tat: Yes…
‘He only offers his food virtually to all beings, and never actually to a single hungry person.’ Do we too…
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